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

[hckošice 15,556]

29 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Whoops

 

[copravolley 525]

 

[copravolley 525]

But sometimes such a stupid thing can end up with a serious injury...

[copravolley 525]

I will just say that I'd like to live to see a time when we have someone like Stolz- a phenomenon who can win you 3 or 4 gold medals. A guy who, you know, if he goes at 100%, no one else will beat him. That's what happened to France with Marchand in swimming in 2024.

[heywoodu 16,032]

15 hours ago, copravolley said:

Ghiotto might win bronze, but so what? He already had bronze in 2022. It's just unlucky that Jilek jumped out a year earlier with such form. We don't have the kind of phenomenon, even like the Czech Republic, to dominate a sport. The only hope is biathlon and someone like Giacomel, but I'm afraid Norway and France will kick our asses and maybe leave us with some bronze medals. It's just that they have teams, while we have two or three individuals, especially at the end of their careers, like Wierer.

Yeah, no, like I said: there's basically no chance at all Italian speed skaters will even get a top-6. I'd be surprised if they even get a single top-10 in Milan.

[heywoodu 16,032]

Meanwhile  is on course for I guess it's worst speed skating results, at least among the men, in many, many years. Zero chance for gold in the 500, 1000 and 1500 meters, obviously no chance in the 5000 as well and not even a remote chance in the 10k. Team pursuit is also very mediocre. Perhaps a miracle in the mass start, who knows.

[Topicmaster1010 5,435]

7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Meanwhile  is on course for I guess it's worst speed skating results, at least among the men, in many, many years. Zero chance for gold in the 500, 1000 and 1500 meters, obviously no chance in the 5000 as well and not even a remote chance in the 10k. Team pursuit is also very mediocre. Perhaps a miracle in the mass start, who knows.

Meanwhile, it wouldn't surprise me at all if you guys swept the golds in the women's events. 

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[heywoodu 16,032]

5 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Meanwhile, it wouldn't surprise me at all if you guys swept the golds in the women's events. 

After yesterday I'm somewhat worried about Joy Beune's shape, but if she gets back to her earlier form, that would not surprise me neither, no  

[Noorderling29 194]

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

After yesterday I'm somewhat worried about Joy Beune's shape, but if she gets back to her earlier form, that would not surprise me neither, no  

She skated her fastest time ever in Heerenveen, and was beaten by an outstanding Groenewoud.

[Noorderling29 194]

500 metres women (two starts) and 10.000 men today