2026 Winter Olympics - Very Early Predictions

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On 11/16/2024 at 11:02 PM, CCB said:

Dutch Winter Olympics is all about speedskating and shorttrack. 

 

In shorttrack we have a problem since Suzanne Schulting (3 times Olympic Champion) broke her ankle this year. After since it looks like she concentrates on speedskating on the long track. But in that sport she is not really that good. For shorttrack we have medal chances for Xandra Velzeboer on the 500 meters and Jens van 't Wout on the men's distances, although Danjinou from Canada is in a league of his own.

 

In speedskating we have several medal chances, but I'm expecting not that much gold, considering Jordan Stolz (500/1000/1500) and Davide Ghiotto (5000/10000) winning the gold medals on the classic distances almost for sure. There will be some silver and bronze on the men's side however (Patrick Roest (5000), Kjeld Nuis (1500), Tim Prins (1000) and maybe Jenning de Boo (500)).

 

On the women's side there is Miho Takagi (1000/1500) and Ragne Wiklund (3000/5000) and the Canadian women. But also chances for Dutch gold with Jutta Leerdam (1000), Joy Beune (1500/3000), Marijke Groenewoud (mass/3000) and Merel Conijn (5000). Unless Leerdam will continue travelling with Jake Paul and focus on her boyfriend's stupid influence-career more than on her own career. 

 

2 medals in short track, 10 medals in speedskating, but not many golden!

There are currently no grounds to consider Ghiotto as a favourite for the 5000. He has never won any important 5000 event while dominating the 10 km at the same time. Roest always won the same pattern, with Ghiotto losing all his advantage in the last 2 laps. We will see what the Italian's form will be like now and how tactically he wants to play it. I would also not forget about Eitrem from Norway, who is much younger from these two and has a lot of room for development.

Edited Thursday at 06:22 PM by copravolley

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DAY 2 events

 

6. SPEED SKATING - M 5000m

 

1. Patrick Roest NED

2. Sander Eitrem NOR

3. Davide Ghiotto ITA

 

7. FIGURE SKATING - Team Event

 

1. United States

2. Japan

3. Canada

 

8. SNOWBOARD - M Parallel Giant Slalom

 

1. Benjamin Karl AUT

2. Andreas Prommegger AUT

3. Daniele Bagozza ITA

 

(dark horses: Oskar Kwiatkowski POL, Lee Sang-ho KOR)

 

9. SNOWBOARD - W Parallel Giant Slalom

 

1. Ester Ledecka CZE

2. Tsubaki Miki JPN

3. Ramona Theresia Hofmeister GER

 

10. ALPINE SKIING - W Downhill

 

1. Sofia Goggia ITA

2. Lara Gut-Behrami SUI

3. Cornelia Huetter AUT

 

(dark horses: Stephanie Venier AUT, Nicol Delago ITA)

 

11. LUGE - M Singles

 

1. Max Langenhan GER

2. Kristers Aparjods LAT

3. Nico Gleirscher AUT

 

12. BIATHLON - Mixed Relay 4x6km

 

1. Norway

2. France

3. Sweden

 

13. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 10km + 10km Skiathlon

 

1. Johannes Hosflot Klaebo NOR

2. Harald Ostberg Amundsen NOR

3. Friedrich Moch GER

 

2-2-2---6

2-0-0---2

2-0-0---2

1-1-2---4

1-1-2---4

1-1-0---2

1-0-3---4

1-0-0---1
1-0-0---1

1-0-0---1

0-3-1---4

0-2-1---3

0-2-0---2

0-1-0---1

0-0-2---2

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DAY 3 events

 

14. SPEED SKATING - W 1000m

15. SNOWBOARD - W Big Air

16. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Slopestyle

17. ALPINE SKIING - M Team Combined

18. SKI JUMPING - M Normal Hill Individual

[Gianlu33 4,556]

I'm not sure that Japan will able to compete in figure skating team event. I see or on the podium.

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13 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

I'm not sure that Japan will able to compete in figure skating team event. 

Why?

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No ice Dance pair?

[Gianlu33 4,556]

1 minute ago, rafalgorka said:

No ice Dance pair?

Yup, actually they have just some juniors pairs in the dance event 

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DAY 3 events

 

14. SPEED SKATING - W 1000m

 

1. Miho Takagi JPN

2. Brittany Bowe USA

3. Jutta Leerdam NED

 

15. SNOWBOARD - W Big Air

 

1. Kokomo Nagase JPN

2. Anna Gasser AUT

3. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott NZL

 

16. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Slopestyle

 

1. Tess Ledeux FRA

2. Mathilde Gremaud SUI

3. Eileen Gu CHN

 

17. ALPINE SKIING - M Team Combined

 

1. Marco Odermatt, Loic Meillard SUI

2. Cyprien Sarrazin, Clement Noel FRA

3. Vincenr Kriechmayr, Manuel Feller AUT

 

18. SKI JUMPING - M Normal Hill Individual

 

1. Andreas Wellinger GER

2. Stefan Kraft AUT

3. Jan Hoerl AUT

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After day 3

 

2-3-1---6

2-2-2---6

2-2-0---4

2-1-2---5

2-1-0---3

2-0-1---3

1-3-4---8

1-3-0---4

1-0-3---4

1-0-1---2
1-0-0---1

1-0-0---1

0-2-1---3

0-1-0---1

0-0-2---2

0-0-1---1

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Day 4 events

 

19. SHORT TRACK - Mixed Team Relay

20. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Slopestyle

21. ALPINE SKIING - W Team Combined

22. CURLING - Mixed Doubles

23. LUGE - W Singles

24. BIATHLON - M 20km Individual

25. SKI JUMPING - Mixed Team

26. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M Sprint Classic

27. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W Sprint Classic