Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[heywoodu 15,147]

And that's a wrap for the 5k and Kramer possibly made it  

 

Bergsma was....mediocre. Enough to most likely qualify, but nothing special. Roest was a class of his own  

 

 

Men					Women
Selection order	Distance	Rank at OQT	Athlete		Selection order	Distance	Rank at OQT	Athlete
1	1.000	1			1	5.000	1
2	5.000	1	Patrick Roest		2	MS	1
3	1.500	1			3	3.000	1
4	1.000	2			4	3.000	2
5	10.000	1			5	500	1
6	MS	1			6	1.000	1	Jutta Leerdam
7	1.500	2			7	1.500	1
8	500	1			8	5.000	2
9	1.000	3			9	1.500	2
10	1.500	3			10	1.000	2	Antoinette de Jong
11	5.000	2	Jorrit Bergsma		11	3.000	3
12	10.000	2			12	1.500	3
13	500	2			13	1.000	3	Ireen Wüst
14	5.000	3	Sven Kramer		14	500	2
15	500	3			15	500	3

[dcro 10,210]

Watching on replay now...

 

So NOS literally cut away from the 5000 m pair to show Kramer... climbing down and up the stairs.

[dcro 10,210]

Well, Snellink exploded, while Bosker just missed out. I guess this is a tough one for the latter.

 

Schulting was surprisingly "slow" in the women's race... Meanwhile, Antoinette de Jong making it seems like a pretty big surprise.

[Quaker2001 251]

51 minutes ago, dcro said:

Watching on replay now...

 

So NOS literally cut away from the 5000 m pair to show Kramer... climbing down and up the stairs.

Good to know it's not just NBC that does stuff like that!

[dcro 10,210]

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

And that's a wrap for the 5k and Kramer possibly made it  

 

Bergsma was....mediocre. Enough to most likely qualify, but nothing special. Roest was a class of his own  

 

 

Men					Women
Selection order	Distance	Rank at OQT	Athlete		Selection order	Distance	Rank at OQT	Athlete
1	1.000	1			1	5.000	1
2	5.000	1	Patrick Roest		2	MS	1
3	1.500	1			3	3.000	1
4	1.000	2			4	3.000	2
5	10.000	1			5	500	1
6	MS	1			6	1.000	1	Jutta Leerdam
7	1.500	2			7	1.500	1
8	500	1			8	5.000	2
9	1.000	3			9	1.500	2
10	1.500	3			10	1.000	2	Antoinette de Jong
11	5.000	2	Jorrit Bergsma		11	3.000	3
12	10.000	2			12	1.500	3
13	500	2			13	1.000	3	Ireen Wüst
14	5.000	3	Sven Kramer		14	500	2
15	500	3			15	500	3

How on earth can M 500 2 have higher priority than M 5000 3?

 

This could end up with someone like Ntab going to the Olympics instead of Kramer. That's insane.

[heywoodu 15,147]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

Watching on replay now...

 

So NOS literally cut away from the 5000 m pair to show Kramer... climbing down and up the stairs.

Yeah, it's Kramer. Kramer put on his skates: switch to Kramer. Kramer tightened his shirt: switch to Kramer. Kramer coming back up the stairs: switch to Kramer including an analysis of what it means. "Could something be wrong?" "Well there's no bathroom in the center area, so you'd have to go down to get to one."

 

NOS sees Kramer...

 

Spoiler

 

They had been talking about Kramer since the very first pair. I even heard a "He knows this track well!" for fuck's sake. It's not usual though, it has only been like this for the past 15 years or so  

[heywoodu 15,147]

29 minutes ago, dcro said:

Well, Snellink exploded, while Bosker just missed out. I guess this is a tough one for the latter.

 

Schulting was surprisingly "slow" in the women's race... Meanwhile, Antoinette de Jong making it seems like a pretty big surprise.

De Jong was giving her interview with fairly mixed feelings. She was 2nd and that way basically had a big hand in making sure her sister Michelle (4th) didn't qualify. I can imagine she's happy she qualified, but also that it just sucks to push your sister out that way. Of course that's part of the sport when you both compete in the same kind of races, but that doesn't make it more fun  

[heywoodu 15,147]

27 minutes ago, dcro said:

How on earth can M 500 2 have higher priority than M 5000 3?

 

This could end up with someone like Ntab going to the Olympics instead of Kramer. That's insane.

The Netherlands really only has two world class 5k riders at this moment (as in, serious medal contenders). I know one should never count out Kramer entirely, but putting a third 5k spot high on the list...it's tricky.

 

I'm actually not really against Ntab going to the Olympics instead of Kramer, if it would come to that. Ntab has dominated the Dutch 500m for years, the problem is his billion false starts in deciding moments. Which....doesn't help. Not that I really do care that much, the 500m at the Olympics is a lottery shitshow anyway now that it's about only one race instead of the usual and fair two.

[NearPup 3,052]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Yeah, it's Kramer. Kramer put on his skates: switch to Kramer. Kramer tightened his shirt: switch to Kramer. Kramer coming back up the stairs: switch to Kramer including an analysis of what it means. "Could something be wrong?" "Well there's no bathroom in the center area, so you'd have to go down to get to one."

 

NOS sees Kramer...

 

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They had been talking about Kramer since the very first pair. I even heard a "He knows this track well!" for fuck's sake. It's not usual though, it has only been like this for the past 15 years or so  

The rest of the week NOS will talk about nothing other than how each skate influences the chances of Kramer being selected by the matrix. Every time there is a finish time they will show Kramer's 50000m victory in Pyeongchang and talk about how the result affects his chances of repeating. Whenever Kramer is in the arena they will show him at least once every ten minutes. If Kramer qualifies they will stop everything to have a parade and a fireworks display.

1 hour ago, dcro said:

How on earth can M 500 2 have higher priority than M 5000 3?

 

This could end up with someone like Ntab going to the Olympics instead of Kramer. That's insane.

I actually think that's reasonable. Because the 500m is a bit of a lottery N'tab inherently has a better chance of sneaking in a medal than Kramer does (even though both are extremely unlikely).

[heywoodu 15,147]

17 minutes ago, NearPup said:

The rest of the week NOS will talk about nothing other than how each skate influences the chances of Kramer being selected by the matrix. Every time there is a finish time they will show Kramer's 50000m victory in Pyeongchang and talk about how the result affects his chances of repeating. Whenever Kramer is in the arena they will show him at least once every ten minutes. If Kramer qualifies they will stop everything to have a parade and a fireworks display.

You say that as an exaggeration, but it really isn't  

 

Although he did win the 5k instead of the 50k (which really would be a way better mass start distance, but that's besides the point)