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[Dennis 711]

We've had some national championships already this season. Here are the national champions so far:

 

 Canada

• Women:
  • Carolina Hiller (500m)
  • Ivanie Blondin (1.000m, 1.500m, 3.000m)
  • Laura Hall (5.000m)
  • Valerie Maltais (Mass Start)
• Men:
  • Laurent Dubreuil (500m)
  • Connor Howe (1.000m, 1.500m)
  • Graeme Fish (5.000m, 10.000m)
  • Hayden Mayeur (Mass Start)

 

 South Korea

• Women:
  • Kim Min-Sun (500m, 1.000m)
  • Park Ji-Woo (1.500m, 3.000m)
  • Jeong Yu-Na (5.000m)
• Men
  • Kim Jun-Ho (500m)
  • Cha Min-Kyu (1.000m)
  • Oh Hyun-Min (1.500m)
  • Lee Seung-Hoon (5.000m)
  • Park Sung-Yun (10.000m)

 

 Japan

• Women:
  • Yukino Yoshida (500m)
  • Miho Takagi (1.000m, 1.500m, 3.000m)
  • Momoka Horikawa (5.000m, Mass Start)
• Men:
  • Tatsuya Shinhama (500m, 1.000m)
  • Taiyo Nonomura (1.500m)
  • Seitaro Ichinohe (5.000m, 10.000m)
  • Shoumu Sasaki (Mass Start)

 

 Poland

• Women:
  • Andzelika Wójcik (500m)
  • Natalia Jabrzyk (1.000m, 1.500m, 5.000m)
  • Zofia Braun (3.000m)
  • Liwia Kubin (Mass Start)
• Men:
  • Piotr Michalski (500m)
  • Damian Zurek (1.000m, 1.500m)
  • Szymon Palka (5.000m, 10.000m, Mass Start)

 

 Norway

• Women:
  • Julie Nistad Samsonsen (500m)
  • Ragne Wiklund (1.500m, 3.000m)
  • Aurora Grinden Løvås (Mass Start)
• Men:
  • Bjørn Magnussen (500m)
  • Sander Eitrem (1.500m, 5.000m)
  • Allan Dahl Johnasson (Mass Start)

 

 United States of America

• Women:
  • Kimi Goetz (500m)
  • Brittany Bowe (1.000m, 1.500m)
  • Greta Myers (3.000m)
  • Rebecca Simmons (5.000m)
• Men:
  • Jordan Stolz (500m, 1.000m, 1.500m)
  • Casey Dawson (5.000m)
  • Kelin Dunfee (10.000m)

 

 Germany

• Women:
  • Anna Ostlender (500m, 1.000m)
  • Lea Sophie Scholz (1.500m)
  • Maira Jasch (3.000m)
  • Josie Hofmann (5.000m)
  • Michelle Uhrig (Mass Start)
• Men:
  • Hendrik Dombek (500m)
  • Moritz Klein (1.000m)
  • Stefan Emele (1.500m)
  • Patrick Beckert (5.000m)
  • Fridtjof Petzold (10.000m)
  • Tom Rudolph (Mass Start)

 

 Austria

• Women:
  • Vanessa Herzog (500m)
  • Jeannine Rosner (1.000m, 3.000m)
  • Anna Molnar (1.500m)
• Men:
  • Ignaz Gschwentner (500m, 1.000m)
  • Julian Zimmerling (3.000m)

 

 Czechia

• Women:
  • Nikola Zdráhalová (500m, 1.000m, Allround)
  • Martina Sáblíková (1.500m, 3.000m)
• Men:
  • Prokop Stodola (500m, 1.000m, 1.500m)
  • Tadeáš Procházka (5.000m)

 

 Portugal

• Women:
  • Francisca Gomes Henriques (500m)
  • Jéssica Carolina Santos Rodrigues (1.000m, 1.500m, 3.000m, Allround)
• Men:
  • Martim José Coelho Vieira (500m)
  • Afonso Henrique Pestana Silva (1.000m, 1.500m, 5.000m, Allround)
  • Miguel Amores Monteiro (3.000m)

 

 Romania

• Women:
  • Mihaela Hogas (Sprint)
• Men:
  • Cosmin Nedelea (Sprint)

 

 

Notable results (other than the times mentioned in this thread by others):

• Unkown skater  Hanna Damaratskaya skated 37,65 in the women's 500m in  Kolomna, the 2nd time of the season so far.
• Yevgeniy Koshkin finished in  34,56 in the men's 500m in Inzell, the 3rd time of the season so far.
•  Sanne in 't Hof skated a 6.54,97 in the women's 5.000m in  Heerenveen, more than 10 seconds faster than the number 2 time of the season.