Short Track Speed Skating ISU World Cup 2023 - 2024

[Dennis 712]

6 minutes ago, Josh said:

@Dennis have a question about the mascots that they hand out to eventual medal winners. Is this Bing Dwen Dwen (Beijing 2022 Olympic mascot) in an outfit?

 

I don't have an answer to this, but it does indeed look like it.

[Josh 10,495]

Lots of drama in the mixed 2000m relay A-final at the Seoul WC 

 

Park Ji-Won collided with Jens Van T’Wout heading into the final turn, which led South Korea to getting penalized. They restart the race, and this time another collision between Brandon Kim, and Pietro Sieghel with two laps to go. United States got penalized (well deserved) for their lane change (outside to in), but instead of the B-final winner podiuming (which is what would happen at the Olympics, the winner of the B-final was Belgium), Italy and United States shared the bronze. Of course, I would be completely fine with no medal too, but that was a horrible reffing call. 

Edited December 16, 2023 by Josh

[Dennis 712]

ISU World Cup 2023/24 -  Seoul (Stage 4/6)

 

Women's 1.000m:

 

01.  Hanne Desmet

02.  Kristen Santos-Griswold

03.  Xandra Velzeboer

 

Men's 1.000m:

 

01.  Steven Dubois

02.  Hwang Daeheon

03.  Pascal Dion

 

Women's 1.500m [1/2]:

 

01.  Kim Gilli

02.  Corinne Stoddard

03.  Gong Li

 

Men's 1.500m [1/2]:

 

01.  Park Ji Won

02.  William Dandjinou

03.  Felix Roussel

 

Mixed 2.000m Relay:

 

01.  the Netherlands

02.  Italy

03.  South Korea &  United States of America (both PEN in the final)

[Dennis 712]

ISU World Cup 2023/24 -  Seoul (Stage 4/6)

 

Women's 500m:

 

01.  Xandra Velzeboer &  Selma Poutsma

03.  Wang Ye

 

Men's 500m:

 

01.  Liu Shaoang

02.  Seo Yi Ra

03.  Denis Nikisha

 

Women's 1.500m [2/2]:

 

01.  Kim Gilli

02.  Kristen Santos-Griswold

03.  Hanne Desmet

 

Men's 1.500m [2/2]:

 

01.  William Dandjinou

02.  Park Ji Won

03.  Steven Dubois

Edited December 17, 2023 by Dennis

[Gianlu33 4,550]

7 minutes ago, Dennis said:

ISU World Cup 2023/24 -  Seoul (Stage 4/6)

 

Women's 500m:

 

01.  Xandra Velzeboer

02.  Selma Poutsma

03.  Wang Ye

 

Velzeboer and Poutsma won *both* the golden medal

[Dennis 712]

1 minute ago, Gianlu33 said:

Velzeboer and Poutsma won *both* the golden medal

Ah yeah, I only just woke up. 

 

Didn't see the race, but I can't remember ever seeing a double winner on any distance 

[Dennis 712]

ISU World Cup 2023/24 -  Seoul (Stage 4/6)

 

Overall World Cup Standings after Stage 4 - Women:

1.  Kim Gilli - 865 points (-)
2.  Kristen Santos-Griswold - 805 points (-)
3.  Xandra Velzeboer - 695 points (-)
4.  Hanne Desmet - 689 points (-)
5.  Selma Poutsma - 508 points (-)
6.  Corinne Stoddard - 306 points (+2)
7.  Seo Whimin - 436 points (-1)
8.  Gong Li - 381 points (+1)
9.  Courtney Sarault - 372 points (-2)
10.  Wang Ye - 368 points (+3)

 

Overall World Cup Standings after Stage 4 - Men:

1.  Steven Dubois - 683 points (+1)
2.  Park Ji Won - 681 points (+1)
3.  William Dandjinou - 604 points (+1)
4.  Kim Gun Woo - 540 points (-3)
5.  Liu Shaoang - 501 points (-)
6.  Pietro Sighel - 421 points (+1)
7.  Jordan Pierre-Gilles - 416 points (-1)
8.  Jens van 't Wout - 392 points (-)
9.  Hwang Daeheon - 383 points (+3)
10.  Luca Spechenhauser - 382 points (-1)

[Dennis 712]

ISU World Cup 2023/24 -  Seoul (Stage 4/6)

 

Women's 3.000m Relay:

 

01.  the Netherlands

02.  South Korea

03.  China

 

Men's 5.000m Relay:

 

01.  China

02.  the Netherlands

03.  Belgium 

[Josh 10,495]

Disappointing quarterfinal exit for Canada’s men’s 5000m relay, but other than that it’s been a pretty good WC for us. Excited to see what we’ll be able to do at future WCs and the World Championships in Rotterdam, with Kim Boutin back it could provide us with a couple more medal chances. 

[Gianlu33 4,550]

If I'm not mistaken, this is Sighel's first penalty this season; last year, he used to get at least one per race. However, it's also the first race where Sighel is back to doing what he does best, taking risks at full throttle. The penalty is fair; he widened his arm a bit. But I'm glad to have seen him lively, especially after the insults he received yesterday on a well-known Italian sports Facebook page (to which he responded).