Speed Skating 2018 - 2019 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 15,253]

5 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Wherever did you read 6:50.64? 

On my computer screen when the live stream showed her result  

[Dennis 738]

Men's 1.500m should also be interesting this year:  Patrick Roest (1:44,42),  Denis Yuskov (1:44,48) and Kjeld Nuis (1:44,51) all have a season's best time which are incredibly close to each other.

[Dennis 738]

12:47,89 for Roest on the 10.000 metres

[heywoodu 15,253]

1 minute ago, Dennis said:

12:47,89 for Roest on the 10.000 metres

Crap, I thought he would be in one of the last pairs and missed it 

[Dennis 738]

If we do not take Ireen Wüst and Carien Kleibeuker into account, the average age of the Dutch women that qualified for the first World Cups is 23,3. So we finally see a new generation coming through Women who qualified:

 

Name - Age - Distances

 

Femke Beuling	18,9	500
Joy Beune	19,6	1.000, 1.500
Jutta Leerdam	19,9	500, 1.000
Esmee Visser	22,8	3.000, 5.000
Melissa Wijfje	23,3	1.500, 3.000, 5.000
Esmé Stollenga	23,5	500
Antoinette de Jong	23,6	1.000, 1.500, 3.000, 5.000
Reina Anema	25,3	3.000, 5.000
Letitia de Jong	25,7	500, 1.000
Lotte van Beek	26,9	1.500
Janine Smit	27,6	500
Ireen Wüst	32,6	1.000, 1.500, 3.000
Carien Kleibeuker	40,7	5.000

Edited November 4, 2018 by Dennis

[dcro 10,210]

Where is Carlijn Achtereekte?

[Dennis 738]

Just now, dcro said:

Where is Carlijn Achtereekte?

Issues with her stomach. She flopped on the 1.500 metres (20th place in 2:02,36) and then decided not to start on the remaining distances.

[heywoodu 15,253]

8 minutes ago, Dennis said:

If we do not take Ireen Wüst and Carien Kleibeuker into account, the average age of the Dutch women that qualified for the first World Cups is 23,3. So we finally see a new generation coming through Women who qualified:

 

Name - Age - Distances

 

Femke Beuling	18,9	500
Joy Beune	19,6	1.000, 1.500
Jutta Leerdam	19,9	500, 1.000
Esmee Visser	22,8	3.000, 5.000
Melissa Wijfje	23,3	1.500, 3.000, 5.000
Esmé Stollenga	23,5	500
Antoinette de Jong	23,6	1.000, 1.500, 3.000, 5.000
Reina Anema	25,3	3.000, 5.000
Letitia de Jong	25,7	500, 1.000
Lotte van Beek	26,9	1.500
Janine Smit	27,6	500
Ireen Wüst	32,6	1.000, 1.500, 3.000
Carien Kleibeuker	40,7	5.000

Although the level in the 500m is just sad, but alright, that's nothing new among Dutch women  

[Dennis 738]

 

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Although the level in the 500m is just sad, but alright, that's nothing new among Dutch women  

It is, but for example at the 2017 world championships we were represented by Ter Mors (27 at the time), Van den Brandt (26) and Das (31). At the Olympics Van Beek (26) replaced Van den Brandt. All of them past their mid-20s.

 

Now we are represented by Beuling (18), Leerdam (19) and Stollenga (23), who all have a lot of room for improvement.

[dcro 10,210]

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Although the level in the 500m is just sad, but alright, that's nothing new among Dutch women  

 

Minus Margot Boer.