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Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022


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1 minute ago, phelps said:

thanks, but no way it was going to happen...

 

unfortunately, Ghiotto is a choker...he never matches his world cup times and results in the global events...:facepalm:

He was simply not a medal contender, he will never skate 6.09 in a track like Beijing, it's not a question of choker, otherwise there are at least 5 chokers in this race because there were 6 or 7 skaters fighting for bronze. Italians probably aren't in best shape looking also at Giovannini and Malfatti but also in best shape Ghiotto will never skate under 6.13 in this track. He is very good on fast ice like North American, he instead seems more heavy in other tracks. 

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18 hours ago, Dennis said:

Just for fun, a complete 'prediction' including times, including surprises :d:

 

  1. :SWE Nils Van Der Poel - 6:06.01

  2. :NED Patrick Roest - 6:10.12

  3. :CAN Ted-Jan Bloemen - 6:11.26

  4. :ITA Davide Ghiotto - 6:11.44

  5. :NED Jorrit Bergsma - 6:12.10
     

  6. :ROC Sergey Trofimov - 6:12.81

  7. :ROC Ruslan Zakharov - 6:13.03

  8. :BEL Bart Swings - 6:13.53

  9. :ROC Alexander Rumyantsev - 6:14.40

  10. :NOR Hallgeir Engebråten - 6:14.54
     

  11. :USA Emery Lehman - 6:14.99

  12. :GER Patrick Beckert - 6:15.54

  13. :ITA Michele Malfatti - 6:15.87

  14. :USA Ethan Cepuran - 6:15.91

  15. :NED Sven Kramer - 6:15.94
     

  16. :JPN Seitaro Ichinohe - 6:16.70

  17. :GER Felix Rijhnen - 6:16.77

  18. :SUI Livio Wenger - 6:16.82

  19. :ITA Andrea Giovannini - 6:17.45 

  20. :DEN Viktor Hald Thorup - 6:24.54 

So this was a big fail :roflmao:

 

  1. :SWE Nils Van Der Poel (=0)

  2. :NED Patrick Roest (=0)

  3. :CAN Ted-Jan Bloemen (-6)

  4. :ITA Davide Ghiotto (-4)

  5. :NED Jorrit Bergsma (=0)
     

  6. :ROC Sergey Trofimov (+2)

  7. :ROC Ruslan Zakharov (-7)

  8. :BEL Bart Swings (+1)

  9. :ROC Alexander Rumyantsev (+3)

  10. :NOR Hallgeir Engebråten (+7)
     

  11. :USA Emery Lehman (-5)

  12. :GER Patrick Beckert (+1)

  13. :ITA Michele Malfatti (-2)

  14. :USA Ethan Cepuran (-3)

  15. :NED Sven Kramer (+6)
     

  16. :JPN Seitaro Ichinohe (+4)

  17. :GER Felix Rijhnen (+4)

  18. :SUI Livio Wenger (=0)

  19. :ITA Andrea Giovannini (-1) 

  20. :DEN Viktor Hald Thorup (+1)

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3 hours ago, phelps said:

thanks, but no way it was going to happen...

 

unfortunately, Ghiotto is a choker...he never matches his world cup times and results in the global events...:facepalm:

Still Ghiotto is a very nice skater to watch, unbelievable good technique and besides that a very nice person. I'm still hoping for a better result in the 10K?

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This is why I love the Olympics..

 

Woke up this morning and saw on the OBS news feed that Van der Poel had won.  So I went back and watched the last pair fully knowing he was about to win.  And that was still absolutely incredible to watch.  What a comeback.  American commentators couldn't believe it

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14 minutes ago, CCB said:

Still Ghiotto is a very nice skater to watch, unbelievable good technique and besides that a very nice person. I'm still hoping for a better result in the 10K?

not on this ice, I fear...

 

our best bets at the moment are women's mass start and 1500m with super-Lollipop...

 

I don't think our men have a chance to shine this time...

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Draw for the women's 1.500m is out. After my wildly succesful prediction for the men's 5.000m, here's mine for tomorrow :p:

 

  1. :JPN Miho Takagi 

  2. :USA Brittany Bowe 

  3. :JPN Ayano Sato 

  4. :NOR Ragne Wiklund 

  5. :NED Ireen Wüst 

  6. :ROC Elizaveta Golubeva 

  7. :ITA Francesca Lollobrigida 

  8. :JPN Nana Takagi 

  9. :NED Antoinette De Jong 

  10. :KAZ Nadezhda Morozova 
     

  11. :CHN Han Mei 

  12. :ROC Evgeniia Lalenkova 

  13. :CAN Ivanie Blondin 

  14. :CZE Nikola Zdráhalová 

  15. :CHN Yin Qi 

  16. :NED Marijke Groenewoud 

  17. :KAZ Yekaterina Aydova 

  18. :POL Natalia Czerwonka 

  19. :USA Mia Kilburg 

  20. :CAN Maddison Pearman 
     

  21. :CHN Ahenaer Adake 

  22. :ROC Elena Sokhryakova 

  23. :BLR Ekaterina Sloeva 

  24. :BLR Maryna Zuyeva 

  25. :TPE Huang Yu-Ting 

  26. :NOR Sofie Karoline Haugen 

  27. :GBR Ellia Smeding 

  28. :GER Michelle Uhrig 

  29. :BEL Sandrine Tas 

  30. :POL Magdalena Czyszczon 

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1 hour ago, Dennis said:

Draw for the women's 1.500m is out. After my wildly succesful prediction for the men's 5.000m, here's mine for tomorrow :p:

 

  1. :JPN Miho Takagi 

  2. :USA Brittany Bowe 

  3. :JPN Ayano Sato 

  4. :NOR Ragne Wiklund 

  5. :NED Ireen Wüst 

  6. :ROC Elizaveta Golubeva 

  7. :ITA Francesca Lollobrigida 

  8. :JPN Nana Takagi 

  9. :NED Antoinette De Jong 

  10. :KAZ Nadezhda Morozova 
     

  11. :CHN Han Mei 

  12. :ROC Evgeniia Lalenkova 

  13. :CAN Ivanie Blondin 

  14. :CZE Nikola Zdráhalová 

  15. :CHN Yin Qi 

  16. :NED Marijke Groenewoud 

  17. :KAZ Yekaterina Aydova 

  18. :POL Natalia Czerwonka 

  19. :USA Mia Kilburg 

  20. :CAN Maddison Pearman 
     

  21. :CHN Ahenaer Adake 

  22. :ROC Elena Sokhryakova 

  23. :BLR Ekaterina Sloeva 

  24. :BLR Maryna Zuyeva 

  25. :TPE Huang Yu-Ting 

  26. :NOR Sofie Karoline Haugen 

  27. :GBR Ellia Smeding 

  28. :GER Michelle Uhrig 

  29. :BEL Sandrine Tas 

  30. :POL Magdalena Czyszczon 

I (mostly) agree. But I expect Marijke Groenewoud in the top 8 for sure!

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