Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[NearPup 3,045]

9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

To be fair, Cindy Klassen went home with five medals after Turin (including a gold), and other than that, it's not like Canada has that many situations where one of them is a big favourite.

I meant in general, not in speed skating in specifically.

[heywoodu 15,136]

1 minute ago, NearPup said:

I meant in general, not in speed skating in specifically.

Ah, right. The thing I hear a lot about the Netherlands as well, and about quite a few other countries  

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

19 hours ago, orangeman said:

This is sadly true.  Every Olympics Canada has the worst World Championships to Olympic medal conversions.  I've been saying it for years, they need to invest more into psychologists.  Canadian athletes have trouble performing on the biggest stage, and it's not due to skill or funding.  It's starting to seep into hockey and curling now, too.

 At pyeongchang, we  went from 23.5 medals at the WCs (on average across every olympic events) to 15 at the real thing. We also underperformed last year, and it seems, it will be again the case this time... 

[NearPup 3,045]

Tough way for Bloemen to end his Olympic career.

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

Honestly the best I felt we could have done was 4th so maybe it was for the best we finished 5th.

[orangeman 1,989]

Absolute debacle for Canada in speed skating, especially on the men's side. No medals for men's out of potential for 4 (and a supposed gold-medal lock).  

 

Bloemen will always be a champion, but this was not his meet.  

[dcro 10,210]

China becomes the first host nation to fail to win a medal in team pursuit.

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

Go

[konig 1,504]

8 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Go

Is Victoria out of the competition?, i really dont know the competition format of this sport.

[Monzanator 4,502]

3 minutes ago, konig said:

Is Victoria out of the competition?, i really dont know the competition format of this sport.

She finished her run and will be classified