Short Track Speed Skating ISU World Tour 2024 - 2025

[copravolley 239]

In any case, without Fontana in top form we will have to continue to count on such lucky coincidences.

Edited October 26 by copravolley

[Dennis 711]

ISU World Tour 2024/25 -  Montréal (Stage 1/6)

 

Men's 500m:

 

01.  William Dandjinou

02.  Steven Dubois

03.  Lin Xiaojun

 

Men's 1.500m:

 

01.  William Dandjinou

02.  Park Ji Won

03.  Steven Dubois

 

Women's 1.000m:

 

01.  Xandra Velzeboer

02.  Kristen Santos-Griswold

03.  Corinne Stoddard

 

Women's 3.000m Relay:

 

01.  Italy

02.  South Korea

03.  the Netherlands

[Josh 10,445]

No 500-1000-1500 triple for  Dandjinou, as he slips in the men’s 1000m semifinals 

[Dennis 711]

Silver medal for  Kruzbergs in the men's 1.000m 

[copravolley 239]

Sighel is unfortunately in poor shape. He doesn't shine and lets himself be overtaken in a childish way. Those 2x4 places are still beyond his actual level. The women's team, despite winning yesterday in the relay, unfortunately doesn't have a single athlete capable of fighting for an individual medal under normal conditions and that won't change. This was already visible at the last World Championships, when Arianna Fontana was the best Italian in every competition after 2 years without starts. It doesn't look good. Maybe Valcepina will come back in the 500 meters but unfortunately none of the youngsters are able to make visible progress.

Edited October 27 by copravolley

[copravolley 239]

The Netherlands without Schulting can field 2-3 more strong and young skaters and we have been relying solely on one Fontana for a dozen or so years, who is 34 and still the best of us. Although I doubt she will ever win anything on an individual level again. Unfortunately, we miss generational change and 1-2 skaters at the level of, for example, Desmet or one of the Americans. I`m not talking about Fontana, because we will haven`t someone like that again for the next 100 years.

Edited October 27 by copravolley

[Dennis 711]

ISU World Tour 2024/25 -  Montréal (Stage 1/6)

 

Men's 1.000m:

 

01.  Jens van 't Wout

02.  Roberts Kruzbergs

03.  Michal Niewinski

 

Women's 500m:

 

01.  Xandra Velzeboer

02.  Kristen Santos-Griswold

03.  Hanne Desmet

 

Women's 1.500m:

 

01.  Kim Gilli

02.  Hanne Desmet

03.  Choi Minjeong

 

Men's 5.000m Relay:

 

01.  Canada

02.  China

03.  the Netherlands

 

Mixed 3.000m Relay:

 

01.  the Netherlands

02.  South Korea

03.  Canada

[copravolley 239]

3x 4th place today. Men's relay crash. Our entire team is based only on Sighel. If he's not in shape, we have to count on others crashing, like yesterday in the women's relay.

Edited October 27 by copravolley

[Dennis 711]

ISU World Tour 2024/25 -  Montréal (Stage 2/6)

 

Men's 1.500m:

 

01.  William Dandjinou

02.  Roberts Kruzbergs

03.  Pietro Sighel

 

17-year-old Muhammed Bozdağ in 6th place . He won silver in the boys' 1.000m at the 2024 Winter YOG in Gangneung earlier this year.

[Speedy 93]

Good to see  and  in such good places. Keep it up