Speed Skating ISU World Championships 2023

[Nickyc707 382]

16 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

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  

 

Yep, although I'm surprised he doesn't have a particularly Dutch accent, at least to my ear. I guess it comes from being brought up in a household with a Dutch father and a mum from Islington. Maybe this is what you get when you cross a Dutch accent with a north London accent. 😊

 

 

[Nickyc707 382]

2 hours ago, Josh said:

Men’s Mass Start 

 

Final Results: 

 

Gold- Bart Swings   

Silver- Bart Hoolwerf   

Bronze- Andrea Giovannini  

 

Full Results Here

I always think Bart Swings is a great name for a speed skater.

[Dragon 2,085]

I was never able to confirm if  this was true but, a few years ago, I was told that there were other Dutch skaters who also held a British qualification who were closer to making the Dutch national team than Kersten was.

[Topicmaster1010 6,614]

Death, taxes, a Canadian in 4th place

[Gianlu33 6,058]

What time for Ghiotto, this should be a gold 

(And the Hevereen atmosphere was AMAZING) 

Edited March 5, 2023 by Gianlu33

[Dennis 849]

Very impressive race and deserved winner 

 

The gap between Ghiotto and Bergsma is 14.2 seconds and with Bloemen even 20.4 seconds 

[heywoodu 16,476]

It's pretty common for Roest to be totally collapsed after November or so, but he's been pulling it later and later, at least this time he postponed it to March  

 

Incredible race for Ghiotto and Schouten today (and the whole women's 5k was fantastic). Ghiotto's race showed why only fools who have no clue about the sport (i.e. important people, sadly) would want to even think about getting rid of the 10k, what a race.

[dcro 10,211]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Incredible race for Ghiotto and Schouten today (and the whole women's 5k was fantastic). Ghiotto's race showed why only fools who have no clue about the sport (i.e. important people, sadly) would want to even think about getting rid of the 10k, what a race.

Meh, this 10k was strangely uneventful. I fell asleep twice.

[Josh 13,633]

Men’s 1500m 

 

Final Results: 

 

Gold- Jordan Stolz  

Silver- Kjeld Nuis  

Bronze- Thomas Krol   

 

Full Results Here

[Josh 13,633]

Women’s 1500m 

 

Final Results: 

 

Gold- Antoinette De-Jong   

Silver- Ragne Wiklund   

Bronze- Miho Takagi  

 

Full Results Here