Speed Skating 2019 - 2020 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 16,007]

Sven Kramer being utterly destroyed by Patrick Roest, who goes to 6:09.83  

 

Halfway he was still on pace for 6:05 even

[heywoodu 16,007]

A Dutch qualifying championships where there's a rider with a 10k PB of well over 15 minutes....don't see that every day  

https://www.schaatsen.nl/media/41525/12-heren-10000-meter-loting.pdf

 

(He'll destroy that though, yet another top marathon rider who is making the move - at least partially - to the 10k)

[heywoodu 16,007]

12:42.97 for Patrick Roest, 7th fastest time ever and a new Heerenveen track record after an epic race

 

Finished with a couple 29's and a 28.75 lap  

 

And it's only November  

[Gianlu33 5,278]

@heywoodu Do you know if the mass start is reserved only for the Dutch athletes or if Lollobrigida can compete?

[heywoodu 16,007]

Just now, Gianlu33 said:

@heywoodu Do you know if the mass start is reserved only for the Dutch athletes or if Lollobrigida can compete?

There is no start list yet, so I wouldn't dare say it for sure. So far in most distances though there were 1 or 2 international pairs, something to do with ISU rules saying qualifying for international races can only happen in international races (so they added some international athletes). No idea why that wouldn't count for the 10k (M) or 5k (W), since there were no internationals there as you can see on the start lists: https://www.schaatsen.nl/kalender/2019/11/world-cup-kwalificatie-toernooi/#!#startlijstenuitslagen

Edited November 3, 2019 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 16,007]

"We're going to the men's 1000m, the last distance of the weekend."

 

Even Dutch public TV doesn't acknowledge the joke that is the mass start.

[Olympian1010 8,230]

Just now, heywoodu said:

"We're going to the men's 1000m, the last distance of the weekend."

 

Even Dutch public TV doesn't acknowledge the glory that is the mass start.

Fixed it.

[heywoodu 16,007]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

Fixed it.

Haha. Yeah, no.

[heywoodu 16,007]

1:07.48 for Kai Verbij, holy crap  

 

Huge track record

 

[Gianlu33 5,278]

Just a curiosity, there is no chance to see the Elfstedentocht in the next 10 years?