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Just now, dcro said:

 

I think the fans mostly miss their names. :p

 

 

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann

Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt

Karin Enke-Richter-Kania-Busch

Christa Luding-Rothenberger

Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich

Gabi Schoenbrunn-Zange

Anke Baier-Loef

Daniela Anshuetz-Thoms

 

When I think about Gunda Niemann or Daniela Anschütz, and Anni Friesinger(-Postma :p), I mostly just think about the good times of watching speed skating as a kid :wub:  Much like Gianni Romme, or Hiroyasu The Emperor Shimizu

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  • 2 weeks later...

An update of the National Records skated so far this season. Not much has changed compared to the last update two weeks ago:

 

Women        
         
500m        
:ARG  Victoria RODRIGUEZ 38,84 Salt Lake City (USA) 16-nov-19
:BEL  Stien VANHOUTTE 39,83 Inzell (GER) 12-okt-19
:ESP  Luisa GONZALEZ SALAZAR 41,45 Inzell (GER) 2-nov-19
:SRB  Katarina JANKOVIC 47,66 Heerenveen (NED) 20-jul-19
:UZB  Niginabonu JAMOLIDDINOVA 49,19 Minsk (BLR) 1-nov-19
         
1.000m        
:ARG  Victoria RODRIGUEZ 1.19,83 Salt Lake City (USA) 16-nov-19
:BRA  Larissa PAES 1.26,24 Salt Lake City (USA) 19-sep-19
:SRB  Katarina JANKOVIC 1.40,79 Heerenveen (NED) 20-jul-19
:UZB  Niginabonu JAMOLIDDINOVA 1.42,00 Minsk (BLR) 1-nov-19
         
1.500m        
:BRA  Larissa PAES 2.13,77 Milwaukee (USA) 27-okt-19
:UZB  Niginabonu JAMOLIDDINOVA 2.39,38 Minsk (BLR) 3-nov-19
         
3.000m        
:EST  Saskia ALUSALU 4.07,43 Inzell (GER) 13-okt-19
:GBR  Gemma Cooper 4.21,14 Inzell (GER) 8-nov-19
:BRA  Larissa PAES 4.47,12 Milwaukee (USA) 25-okt-19
         
5.000m        
:CAN  Isabelle WEIDEMANN 6.47,37 Calgary (CAN) 18-okt-19
:ARG  Valentina ESPINOSA 7.54,94 Salt Lake City (USA) 12-okt-19
         
Men        
         
500m        
:ESP  Nil LLOP 36,42 Heerenveen (NED) 6-okt-19
:SRB  Miodrag POPOVIC 43,79 Heerenveen (NED) 20-jul-19
:UZB  Azizmurod SHABAZOV 43,88 Minsk (BLR) 1-nov-19
:IRL  Rory MCCARTHY 46,31 Breda (NED) 26-okt-19
         
1.000m        
:CHN  NING Zhongyan 1.07,73 Calgary (CAN) 20-sep-19
:DEN  Stefan DUE SCHMIDT 1.12,21 Salt Lake City (USA) 31-aug-19
:UZB  Azizmurod SHABAZOV 1.27,66 Minsk (BLR) 1-nov-19
         
1.500m        
:CHN  NING Zhongyan 1.43,35 Calgary (CAN) 21-sep-19
:BRA  João Victor DA SILVA 1.57,04 Salt Lake City (USA) 21-sep-19
:SRB  Miodrag POPOVIC 2.12,43 Heerenveen (NED) 20-jul-19
:UZB  Azizmurod SHABAZOV 2.17,63 Minsk (BLR) 3-nov-19
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1 hour ago, intoronto said:

 

That time is under the Olympic standard. Maybe 2 South American countries in speed skating in Beijing 

Except that Speed Skating is expecting a hard quota cut from the ISU :(

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At the first Junior World Cup weekend of this year, some highlights for me:

 

  • :COL Diego Amaya and :ESP Nil Llop were the two best male skaters in their age category (B2 = born in 2003) in the men's 1.000m. Amaya finished in 11th place behind 10 juniors all at least one year older, but most of them two years older. So that's a good thing. Llop finished in 11/59 in the 500m
  • :POL Szymon Wojtakowski is also a very exciting prospect, born in 2005 finishing 15/60 on the same 1.000m for boys, in 1.15.21, which is an impressive time for a 14 year old on an outdoor rink.
  • On the womens side, I noted more and more skaters from non-traditional speed skating countries such as :FRA :CZE :BEL and especially :ESP. If the Spanish skaters keep progressing, we might see a solid Spanish team pursuit / team sprint team in the future.
  • On the girls' side, :NED  is (too) dominant, winning all events, on the men's side :JPNhad the highest number of podium places and wins, even in the longer distances.
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23 minutes ago, Dennis said:

At the first Junior World Cup weekend of this year, some highlights for me:

 

  • :COL Diego Amaya and :ESP Nil Llop were the two best male skaters in their age category (B2 = born in 2003) in the men's 1.000m. Amaya finished in 11th place behind 10 juniors all at least one year older, but most of them two years older. So that's a good thing. Llop finished in 11/59 in the 500m
  • :POL Szymon Wojtakowski is also a very exciting prospect, born in 2005 finishing 15/60 on the same 1.000m for boys, in 1.15.21, which is an impressive time for a 14 year old on an outdoor rink.
  • On the womens side, I noted more and more skaters from non-traditional speed skating countries such as :FRA :CZE :BEL and especially :ESP. If the Spanish skaters keep progressing, we might see a solid Spanish team pursuit / team sprint team in the future.
  • On the girls' side, :NED  is (too) dominant, winning all events, on the men's side :JPNhad the highest number of podium places and wins, even in the longer distances.

Wojtakowski will be too young for the youth Olympics, and actually becuase of the way the ISU creates their age criteria, he will never compete at a Winter Youth Olympics (which absolutely defeats the entire purpose of such an event)

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For those interested, second of four stages in the Dutch Trachitol Cup, a sort of stage race with four marathons (AKA real mass starts).

https://nos.nl/livestream/2311628-studio-sport-ontknoping-trachitol-trophy-v.html

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Shani Davis is back in the world of speed skating...he's a coach for China, training young short track skaters to go to the long track version and win medals in 2022 :cheer: 

 

Dutch NOS had a chat with him at the Junior World Cup in Enschede this weekend, if the video works outside of the country, you can watch it here:

https://nos.nl/video/2311881-shani-davis-duikt-op-in-enschede-altijd-blij-in-nederland-te-zijn.html

 

Also: that's the first time he has actually said he is retired. He didn't skate anymore after Pyeongchang (they show part of what we now know is his final race), but had never officially retired. Something the reporter says in Dutch at the end will always hold very true though: "Davis likes the Netherlands and Dutch habits and the Netherlands likes Davis. It used to be like that, it still is like that and it will always be like that." 

 

Shani :cheer: 

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