Speed Skating 2020 - 2021 Discussion Thread

[Dennis 712]

And the neo-seniors (born after 30th June 1997).

 

Neo-seniors - Women:

 

#	500m	1.000m	1.500m	3.000m	5.000m
01.	Daria Kachanova	Jutta Leerdam	Joy Beune	Noemi Bonazza	Joy Beune
02.	Jutta Leerdam	Daria Kachanova	Karolina Bosiek	Nadezhda Morozova	Lemi Williamson
03.	Femke Kok	Femke Kok	Noemi Bonazza	Joy Beune	Nadezhda Morozova
04.	Kim Min-Sun	Elisa Dul	Nadezhda Morozova	Lemi Williamson	Han Mei
05.	Kaja Ziomek	Karolina Bosiek	Daria Kachanova	Yuna Onodera	Ahenar Adake

 

Neo-seniors - Men:

 

#	500m	1.000m	1.500m	5.000m	10.000m
01.	Yamato Matsui	Ning Zhongyan	Ning Zhongyan	Graeme Fish	Graeme Fish
02.	Artem Arefyev	Koki Kubo	Kim Min-Seok	Vitaliy Schigolev	Marwin Talsma
03.	Gao Tingyu	Ryota Kojima	Tyson Langelaar	Riku Tsuchiya	Riku Tsuchiya
04.	Wataru Morishige	Yamato Matsui	Riku Tsuchiya	Marwin Talsma	Chris Huizinga
05.	Koki Kubo	David La Rue	David La Rue	Hallgeir Engebråten	Vitaliy Schigolev

[heywoodu 15,135]

So basically no international ISU races before 2021, but in Heerenveen they were racing today and Femke Kok was fast, fastest time ever by a Dutchwoman in Thialf.

 

 

[rybak 3,217]

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1099364/kjeld-nuis-speed-skating-covid-19

 

 

[heywoodu 15,135]

2 hours ago, rybak said:

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1099364/kjeld-nuis-speed-skating-covid-19

 

 

 

Yeah, you get what you ask for I guess. He was rather busy 'liking' social media posts of some mediocre 'famous' people in the Netherlands who recently had some sort of weird 'campaign' called #ikdoenietmeermee, loosely translated to 'I'm not playing anymore' - meaning not listening to the rules anymore. It was a whole 'these rules and measure are nonsense' kind of thing.

 

Now it's just a matter of time for girlfriend Joy Beune to be next  

[rybak 3,217]

22 hours ago, heywoodu said:

 

Yeah, you get what you ask for I guess. He was rather busy 'liking' social media posts of some mediocre 'famous' people in the Netherlands who recently had some sort of weird 'campaign' called #ikdoenietmeermee, loosely translated to 'I'm not playing anymore' - meaning not listening to the rules anymore. It was a whole 'these rules and measure are nonsense' kind of thing.

 

Now it's just a matter of time for girlfriend Joy Beune to be next  

And 7 of 26 Polish skaters which were at this training camp is tested positive 

[Dennis 712]

First National Championships of the season were held over this weekend in  Nagano. Here are the podiums:

 

Women:

 

	500m		1.000m		1.500m		3.000m		5.000m
Gold	Nao Kodaira	37,73	Miho Takagi	1.14,21	Miho Takagi	1.54,81	Misaki Oshigiri	4.07,88	Lemi Williamson	7.14,58
Silver	Arisa Go	37,76	Nao Kodaira	1.15,62	Ayano Sato	1.56,89	Ayano Sato	4.09,94	Nene Sakai	7.17,46
Bronze	Kurumi Inagawa	38,00	Arisa Go	1.15,85	Nao Kodaira	1.57,29	Yunu Onodera	4.10,67	Manami Momose	7.25,58

 

Men:

 

	500m		1.000m		1.500m		5.000m		10.000m
Gold	Yuma Murakami	34,72	Tatsuya Shinhama	1.08,53	Seitaro Ichinohe	1.46,33	Seitaro Ichinohe	6.25,85	Motonaga Arito	13.28,94
Silver	Tatsuya Shinhama	34,91	Masaya Yamada	1.08,77	Taro Kondo	1.46,50	Riku Tsuchiya	6.26,34	Riku Tsuchiya	13.33,16
Bronze	Yamato Matsui	34,94	Yuto Fujino	1.09,22	Masaya Yamada	1.47,18	Motonoga Arito	6.27,13	Seitaro Ichinohe	13.33,53

 

Biggest surprise for me is the new 10.000m national champion Motonaga Arito as he is still a junior this season, while this distance is never on the program of international junior competitions and championships. He also beat Seitaro Ichinohe who finished 2nd at the World Allround Championships on this distance while being faster than skaters such as Trofimov, Bloemen, Belchos and Pedersen. 

 

On the women's side almost all medal winners are 25+ and are all names we have seen before.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Lemi Williamson must be a sister of Shane?  

 

Cool to see a new 10k name!

[Dennis 712]

41 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Lemi Williamson must be a sister of Shane?  

 

Cool to see a new 10k name!

Haha, how amazing would it be if there was another Japanese skater with the surname Williamson without any family connection to Shane? She is indeed his sister.

 

Arito already proved he is talented as he won 2 out of the 3 gold medals at the Youth Olympics (1.500m and mass start) this year in St. Moritz. And 13:28 in Nagano is a very respectable time for a 18-year old, so I'm excited to see what's next.

[NearPup 3,045]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Lemi Williamson must be a sister of Shane?  

 

Cool to see a new 10k name!

What makes you think that? Williamson is a well known and common Japanese surname.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Ireen Wüst finished outside of the 1500m medals at the Dutch championships just now, the first time she's not on the podium since 2004 (!).