Speed Skating ISU World Championships 2023

[phelps 7,670]

by the way, Juttaaaaa 

[Grassmarket 3,402]

19 minutes ago, phelps said:

actually, all the  guys competing in Istanbul have either legit Italian blood or have been raised and trained in our Country.

 

except for a couple of wrestlers, we don't do any shopping Gulf Nations' style 

Ok, this 800m guy Tecuceanu is a Dacian at least.    

Edited March 4, 2023 by Grassmarket

[Gianlu33 4,550]

1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

Ok, this 800m guy Tecuceanu is a Dacian at least.    

He was born in 99 and his father lives in Italy since 2002

[Olympian1010 7,971]

4 hours ago, Monzanator said:

I see naturalised some Dutch guy? And he beats Kjeld Nuis?

He competed for them in Beijing last year 

Edited March 4, 2023 by Olympian1010

[phelps 7,670]

2 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Ok, this 800m guy Tecuceanu is a Dacian at least.    

as already written, raised, educated and trained all of his life in Italy (in Athletics, he's a 100% Gianni Ghidini's creature -like  Tuka,  Benvenuti and  Longo and also a few Kenians...he's a well known coach of 800m specialists).

[Nickyc707 382]

5 hours ago, Monzanator said:

I see naturalised some Dutch guy? And he beats Kjeld Nuis?

They didn't naturalise him. His mother is British and he has dual nationality. He could have chosen to compete for either GB or the Netherlands. On the one hand competition is obviously on a different scale in the Netherlands but then so is the available support for skaters. His girlfriend and business partner is British so that may also have influenced his choice.

[Nickyc707 382]

4 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

Obviously GB officials listened to me ...

Overall insane winter sport results for GB this season. I think they might have won more medals than Finland for example?

The results have bern remarkable by GB winter sports standards across a whole range of winter sports. I'm not sure how much of this is down to improvement and how much is down to competitors from more traditional winter sports countries taking the foot off the pedal in the year after the Olympics. We'll have a better idea this time next year.

[Josh 10,494]

Men’s Mass Start 

 

Final Results: 

 

Gold- Bart Swings   

Silver- Bart Hoolwerf   

Bronze- Andrea Giovannini  

 

Full Results Here

Edited March 4, 2023 by Josh

[Josh 10,494]

Women’s Mass Start 

 

Final Results: 

 

Gold- Marijke Groenewoud  

Silver- Ivanie Blondin    

Bronze- Irene Schouten   

 

Full Results Here

Edited March 4, 2023 by Josh

[heywoodu 15,135]

2 hours ago, Nickyc707 said:

They didn't naturalise him. His mother is British and he has dual nationality. He could have chosen to compete for either GB or the Netherlands. On the one hand competition is obviously on a different scale in the Netherlands but then so is the available support for skaters. His girlfriend and business partner is British so that may also have influenced his choice.

The main thing is that he wasn't good enough to make it into the Dutch junior teams back in the day, and so he choose the GB way to compete internationally. Excellent choice, because he's been steadily improving season by season and especially this season is really showing his talent. So much that a bronze is a bit of a surprise, sure, but not even a huge sensation anymore, which says quite a lot about how good his development has been!

 

Lives in Heemstede, I believe, for what it's worth  

Edited March 4, 2023 by heywoodu