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

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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 skat

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I think that you are drunk. 

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Yeah, you've decided to keep going on this ultrapessimist streak? Alrighty. I honestly don't think any Italian skater can even get into the top-6 in any event at all, it's a miracle they qualified  

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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/

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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

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

 

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

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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.

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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 :p 

 

 

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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 :rolleyes:)

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Mixed team relay has been added to the World Cup Series

 

:facepalm:

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.

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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 :NED we are, to say it with a sense of understatement, not thrilled. That should tell enough :d 

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