Speed Skating ISU European Championships 2020

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Grand total of 5 and 6 teams in the women's and men's team pursuit  

 

 

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Former Olympic champion Mark Tuitert with some very daring quotes in the Dutch TV studio: "The 1000m could be the best competition of the day!"

 

Wow, shocked.

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4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Former Olympic champion Mark Tuitert with some very daring quotes in the Dutch TV studio: "The 1000m could be the best competition of the day!"

 

Wow, shocked.

 

He better watch out for all those fake fans!

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1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

He better watch out for all those fake fans!

Thialf is filled to the roof basically, fake fans can go screw themselves  

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Belgium is destroying their rather uncompetitive 3:18 of Nagano earlier this season  

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Ok, rather bad ending, but at least they were faster  

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 beat the Belgians

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50 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

No, just no 

That may be the roller speed skater in me talking. I enjoy a time trial as much as everyone, especially as an athlete, but they can be boring as fuck. 10,000m is nap time during the Olympics. It should absolutely be on the program, it’s just not that entertaining. The Mass Start’s problem is just a bad format. I like the Team Pursuit as well.

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5 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

That may be the roller speed skater in me talking. I enjoy a time trial as much as everyone, especially as an athlete, but they can be boring as fuck. 10,000m is nap time during the Olympics. It should absolutely be on the program, it’s just not that entertaining. The Mass Start’s problem is just a bad format. I like the Team Pursuit as well.

 

It's the non-speed skating fan in you talking. I find a snooker match incredibly boring, but that's just because I'm not a snooker fan in general, while fans love matches I find boring. People who can't appreciate some of the more epic battles in the 10k are the same kind of people who want the 50k race walk gone for example, they need 'fast and furious' instead of epic.

 

The best races I've seen are all at least 1500 meters, most are 5k's and 10k's. A 500m is just way too short to really get into it.

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Just now, heywoodu said:

 

It's the non-speed skating fan in you talking. I find a snooker match incredibly boring, but that's just because I'm not a snooker fan in general, while fans love matches I find boring. People who can't appreciate some of the more epic battles in the 10k are the same kind of people who want the 50k race walk gone for example, they need 'fast and furious' instead of epic.

 

The best races I've seen are all at least 1500 meters, most are 5k's and 10k's. A 500m is just way too short to really get into it.

The difference is I don’t want those events gone. I found the 50km awesome to watch, albeit a little tedious. The problem with the 10km is the lack of skaters that are competitive. It’s not fun to watch the same people win by large margins. I love skating distance and sprints, but I just find the sprints and epic distance Mass Starts more entertaining than the boring ass time trials.