NearPup 2,156 Posted December 15, 2021 #41 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Rodriguez won a bronze medal in the women's 500m at the Four Continent Championships, which is South America's first ever medal at a senior ISU championship of any kind. (Just don't look too deeply at the depth of the competition) also won it's first ever medal at a senior ISU championship in the event. Olympian1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted December 15, 2021 #42 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Ted-Jan Bloemen becomes the first person outside of Europe to be a World and continental champion after winning the 5000m (again, don't look up the opposition). Not really much of an achievement given how new the Four continents championship is, but this is still a neat little piece of trivia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted December 17, 2021 #43 Share Posted December 17, 2021 In case anyone else wants to suffer through this complete abomination of a race: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis 600 Posted December 17, 2021 #44 Share Posted December 17, 2021 14 hours ago, NearPup said: In case anyone else wants to suffer through this complete abomination of a race: The video is unavailable for me. What race was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted December 17, 2021 #45 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Just now, Dennis said: The video is unavailable for me. What race was it? Women’s mass start at the four continents championship. An 11 minute snoozer with six skaters. Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,594 Posted December 17, 2021 #46 Share Posted December 17, 2021 The mass starts in speed skating are usually boring as hell. Short track's appeal is focused on the word "short". Long track mass start is a failed attempt to create competition & excitement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis 600 Posted January 9, 2022 #47 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Rather boring European Championships this weekend held in Heerenveen. The last international test for most European athletes before the Games. A lot of Russians were in quarantine leading up to the tournament as the their team manager, sprint coach, and Olga Fatkulina (reigning European Champion 500m) were all tested positive soon after arrival in the Netherlands at the start of this week. Therefore the whole Russian team had to stay in their hotel rooms for 5 days, and even missed the first day of the event. Other Russians, including most elite male sprinters had decided last week to stay in Russia. Nils van der Poel had already decided not to compete. Medals: Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's 500m Piotr Michalski (34.60) Merijn Scheperkamp (34.61) Dai Dai N'tab (34.76) Men's 1.000m Thomas Krol (1:07.77) Kjeld Nuis (1:07.86) Kai Verbij (1:07.94) Men's 1.500m Kjeld Nuis (1:43.60) Thomas Krol (1:43.91) Allan Dahl Johansson (1:44.16) Men's 5.000m Patrick Roest (6:11.54) Jorrit Bergsma (6:13.47) Hallgeir Engebråten (6:13.67) Men's Team Pursuit Bosker, Kramer & Roest (3:37.97) Engebråten, Johansson & Pedersen (3:38.92) Ghiotto, Giovannini & Malfatti (3:43.41) Men's Team Sprint Scheperkamp, Snel & Verbij (1:19.71) Lorentzen, Magnussen & Rukke (1:19.83) Kania, Michalski & Zurek (1:20.54) Men's Mass Start Bart Swings Livio Wenger Ruslan Zakharov Women's 500m Femke Kok (37.32) Angelina Golikova (37.43) Daria Kachanova (37.58) Women's 1.000m Jutta Leerdam (1:13.60) Femke Kok (1:14.80) Daria Kachanova (1:14.94) Women's 1.500m Antoinette de Jong (1:53.81) Ireen Wüst (1:54.08) Francesca Lollobrigida (1:54.50) Women's 3.000m Irene Schouten (3:56.62) Antoinette de Jong (3:59.79) Francesca Lollobrigida (4:00.61) Women's Team Pursuit De Jong, Schouten & Wüst (2:54.12) Bøhm, Haugen & Wiklund (2:58.54) Golubeva, Lalenkova & Voronina (2:59.32) Women''s Team Sprint Bosiek, Wójcik & Ziomek (1:27.26) Nifantava, Sloeva & Varabyova (1:31.18) Farstad, Ripsrud & Samsonsen (1:31.43) Women's Mass Start Irene Schouten Marijke Groenewoud Elizaveta Golubeva Only 8 countries won a medal, a record low. Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 305 Posted January 9, 2022 #48 Share Posted January 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Dennis said: Rather boring European Championships this weekend held in Heerenveen. The last international test for most European athletes before the Games. A lot of Russians were in quarantine leading up to the tournament as the their team manager, sprint coach, and Olga Fatkulina (reigning European Champion 500m) were all tested positive soon after arrival in the Netherlands at the start of this week. Therefore the whole Russian team had to stay in their hotel rooms for 5 days, and even missed the first day of the event. Other Russians, including most elite male sprinters had decided last week to stay in Russia. Nils van der Poel had already decided not to compete. Medals: Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's 500m Piotr Michalski (34.60) Merijn Scheperkamp (34.61) Dai Dai N'tab (34.76) Men's 1.000m Thomas Krol (1:07.77) Kjeld Nuis (1:07.86) Kai Verbij (1:07.94) Men's 1.500m Kjeld Nuis (1:43.60) Thomas Krol (1:43.91) Allan Dahl Johansson (1:44.16) Men's 5.000m Patrick Roest (6:11.54) Jorrit Bergsma (6:13.47) Hallgeir Engebråten (6:13.67) Men's Team Pursuit Bosker, Kramer & Roest (3:37.97) Engebråten, Johansson & Pedersen (3:38.92) Ghiotto, Giovannini & Malfatti (3:43.41) Men's Team Sprint Scheperkamp, Snel & Verbij (1:19.71) Lorentzen, Magnussen & Rukke (1:19.83) Kania, Michalski & Zurek (1:20.54) Men's Mass Start Bart Swings Livio Wenger Ruslan Zakharov Women's 500m Femke Kok (37.32) Angelina Golikova (37.43) Daria Kachanova (37.58) Women's 1.000m Jutta Leerdam (1:13.60) Femke Kok (1:14.80) Daria Kachanova (1:14.94) Women's 1.500m Antoinette de Jong (1:53.81) Ireen Wüst (1:54.08) Francesca Lollobrigida (1:54.50) Women's 3.000m Irene Schouten (3:56.62) Antoinette de Jong (3:59.79) Francesca Lollobrigida (4:00.61) Women's Team Pursuit De Jong, Schouten & Wüst (2:54.12) Bøhm, Haugen & Wiklund (2:58.54) Golubeva, Lalenkova & Voronina (2:59.32) Women''s Team Sprint Bosiek, Wójcik & Ziomek (1:27.26) Nifantava, Sloeva & Varabyova (1:31.18) Farstad, Ripsrud & Samsonsen (1:31.43) Women's Mass Start Irene Schouten Marijke Groenewoud Elizaveta Golubeva Only 8 countries won a medal, a record low. GB had a 4th place in the men's 1000m which is their best finish in the 130 years of the EC, so they at least were happy at the week's events. Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,552 Posted January 9, 2022 #49 Share Posted January 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Dennis said: Only 8 countries won a medal, a record low. To be fair, it's not like this event has much of a history If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis 600 Posted January 10, 2022 #50 Share Posted January 10, 2022 13 hours ago, heywoodu said: To be fair, it's not like this event has much of a history No, that’s true. But at least countries like Germany, Austria, Czech Republic or Finland were able to win a medal or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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