Speed Skating ISU World Cup 2021 - 2022

[heywoodu 15,135]

Casey Dawson has such a weird and interesting style  

[heywoodu 15,135]

13 minutes ago, intoronto said:

A little too soon? Lol

Yeah, the women proved me right, but the men....damn  

[dcro 10,210]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Casey Dawson has such a weird and interesting style  

I know right? It's like he is skating on quads.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Right, to keep next to the screen:

 

 

# Lap Time Split Time (rank)
1 20.1 20.17 (16)
2 28.7 48.89 (16)
3 28.0 1:16.97 (8)
4 28.1 1:45.11 (2)
5 28.4 2:13.59 (3)
6 28.3 2:41.91 (1)
# Lap Time Split Time (rank)
7 28.3 3:10.25 (1)
8 28.4 3:38.65 (1)
9 28.4 4:07.14 (1)
10 28.4 4:35.60 (1)
11 28.6 5:04.29 (1)
12 28.6 5:32.93 (1)
13 28.6 6:01.56 (1)

[heywoodu 15,135]

Dutch commentators are once again disappointed with Van der Poel's race. Like they were last week, you know, when he skated a world record.

[NearPup 3,045]

I know there was a lot of suspense, but I have breaking news: van der Poel has won the long distance world cup.

 

Edit: this is actually incorrect, Bloemen has a minuscule chance of catching up, but it involves Bloemen winning the final race and van der Poel not finishing or being DQed.

[Dennis 712]

56 minutes ago, NearPup said:

I know there was a lot of suspense, but I have breaking news: van der Poel has won the long distance world cup.

 

Edit: this is actually incorrect, Bloemen has a minuscule chance of catching up, but it involves Bloemen winning the final race and van der Poel not finishing or being DQed.

Not 100% true, all points are doubled during the World Cup Final, so in theory even #11 in the standings Marwin Talsma could still win if all the entire top 10 ends their seasons after the Olympics.  

[Nickyc707 382]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Dutch commentators are once again disappointed with Van der Poel's race. Like they were last week, you know, when he skated a world record.

Reminds me of a track cycling commentary I once heard where the commentator derided the rider's technique throughout his performance before announcing, almost as an afterthought, that he had broken the world record.

[heywoodu 15,135]

8 hours ago, Nickyc707 said:

Reminds me of a track cycling commentary I once heard where the commentator derided the rider's technique throughout his performance before announcing, almost as an afterthought, that he had broken the world record.

 

In Van der Poel's case, they had their sights set on a sub-6 minute time, so they were comparing his pace with that. That resulted in an overall mood of "He's not going to make it" instead of "He's going to set a new world record!"  

[heywoodu 15,135]

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