Speed Skating Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

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Edited January 20, 2025 by Sindo

[intoronto 6,947]

Canada's team announced for the upcoming season:

 

https://sirc.ca/news/speed-skating-canada-confirms-national-and-nextgen-long-track-teams-for-2024-25-season/

[heywoodu 16,475]

Desert Classic is going on in SLC, kind of the season opener there. Nothing too interesting, except for one thing: Arianna Fontana is competing (and doing well in what seems to be her first speed skating races)!

 

39.35 in the 500m

https://speedskatingresults.com/live.php?p=2&e=1&r=1

 

4:12 in the 3k

https://speedskatingresults.com/live.php?p=2&e=1&r=3

[heywoodu 16,475]

6.59,66 for Eder Moraes, the first ever Brazilian to break the 7-minute barrier on the 5k  

 

47 years after Kay Arje Stenshjemmet - one of the legendary Norwegian Four S'es - was the first person overall to do so  

[copravolley 656]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Desert Classic is going on in SLC, kind of the season opener there. Nothing too interesting, except for one thing: Arianna Fontana is competing (and doing well in what seems to be her first speed skating races)!

 

39.35 in the 500m

https://speedskatingresults.com/live.php?p=2&e=1&r=1

 

4:12 in the 3k

https://speedskatingresults.com/live.php?p=2&e=1&r=3

I wonder what she's planning? Mass starts? I'm afraid that if she wants to combine short track with long track in 2026, she'll be left with nothing. The worst thing is that she would have the best chance in the mixed relay in short track, and by not training with the rest of the team, she significantly reduces her chances of participating in this relay.

[heywoodu 16,475]

1.57,85 for Fontana in the 1500, which as far as we could find is by far the fastest ever debut (of course it's not like she is new to skating, but still). Dan Li once debuted with 2.00,11 and Valerie Maltais once did that in the 3k with 4.15,91 so Fontana broke that 'record' as well yesterday  

 

 

[phelps 8,767]

On 8/31/2024 at 11:52 PM, copravolley said:

I wonder what she's planning? Mass starts? I'm afraid that if she wants to combine short track with long track in 2026, she'll be left with nothing. The worst thing is that she would have the best chance in the mixed relay in short track, and by not training with the rest of the team, she significantly reduces her chances of participating in this relay.

she always said that she'd like to do both (like Ter Mors in Pyeongchang), but I fear that if things go beyond her early expectation, she might well say a big "fuck you!" to the whole short track team

 

given what she already did in this past weekend, I think that she really has a chance to become a true medal contender in the 1000m and 1500m, meanwhile I don't think she would be that good in the 500m

 

and she might be the woman who make our team pursuit squad competitive at the highest level together with Lollobrigida and a third girl who's still to be found (if we can find one )

[intoronto 6,947]

Mixed team relay has been added to the World Cup Series

 

[NearPup 4,188]

16 hours ago, intoronto said:

Mixed team relay has been added to the World Cup Series

 

IMO it's the worst mixed relay (and worst relay in general, heck, maybe worst team event) across all Olympic sports, which is quite an acomplishment. Just borderline unwatcheable.

Edited September 3, 2024 by NearPup

[heywoodu 16,475]

27 minutes ago, NearPup said:

IMO it's the worst mixed relay (and worst relay in general, heck, maybe worst team event) across all Olympic sports, which is quite an acomplishment. Just borderline unwatcheable.

Even here in we are, to say it with a sense of understatement, not thrilled. That should tell enough