Speed Skating ISU Single Distances World Championships 2025

[heywoodu 16,461]

3 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

I think that's about when he lost the step. Right?

I can't recall that moment, but it might be. Doesn't seem like it's really going anywhere though, so that's good  

[Gianlu33 6,015]

Prize ceremony, so it's gold for Davide

[heywoodu 16,461]

Ah it wasn't that specific moment, just in general he often crossed the line on the straight and that was the issue. Definitely needs to avoid doing so at the Olympics, although one might kind of expect he wouldn't be DQ'ed especially there if he isn't DQ'ed here  

Edited March 16, 2025 by heywoodu

[Pavlo 149]

Strange when in this situation Russian wins medal for us but always nice. We can have 3rd best WOG in our history. 

[copravolley 640]

25 minutes ago, Pavlo said:

Strange when in this situation Russian wins medal for us but always nice. We can have 3rd best WOG in our history. 

Sochi with 4 golds is rather impossible to beat, but in Vancouver there was only 1 gold. In Sochi Poland basically everything worked well. And on Russian terrain :P In 2014, there were no Putin wars yet and the situation wasn`t as tense as it is now.

Edited March 16, 2025 by copravolley

[copravolley 640]

35 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Ah it wasn't that specific moment, just in general he often crossed the line on the straight and that was the issue. Definitely needs to avoid doing so at the Olympics, although one might kind of expect he wouldn't be DQ'ed especially there if he isn't DQ'ed here  

Eitrem should have got a DSQ on Friday for crossing the line and destroying the photocell with time. I didn't see anything unusual about Ghiotto today run.

Edited March 16, 2025 by copravolley

[copravolley 640]

38 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Prize ceremony, so it's gold for Davide

It`s worth noting, however, that Davide was in poor form towards the end of the season and this cannot be repeated next year in Cortina, because these two young riders: the Pole and the Czech will still develop. Eitrem looks like he will focus more on the 5 km and possibly the 1500. The rest of the field is probably already too old (Bergsma, Bloemen) or too weak for today.

Edited March 16, 2025 by copravolley

[Gianlu33 6,015]

2 minutes ago, copravolley said:

It`s worth noting, however, that Davide was in poor form towards the end of the season and this cannot be repeated next year in Cortina, because these two young riders: the Pole and the Czech will still develop. Eitrem looks like he will focus more on the 5 km and possibly the 1500. The rest of the field is probably already too old (Bergsma, Bloemen) or too weak for today.

He won the WCh with a decent time but he isn't in form.. okey

 

Wasn't the best shape for him, but c'mon..

[copravolley 640]

7 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

He won the WCh with a decent time but he isn't in form.. okey

 

Wasn't the best shape for him, but c'mon..

Comparing with the previous 2 World Championships and the all od this season, he wasn't in good shape here. No one had ever come close to him in under 10 seconds for 10 km. Secondly, he was also much weaker in the 5 km. I hope that our staff will learn from this. Knowing Marchetto's work in Italy for many years, has athletes almost always been in top form at the Olympics: 2006, 2018 and 2022, so I trust that next year will be just as good. I just don't remember if Marchetto also led us in 2010? It was bad in Vancouver, but that was already the decline time of Fabris.

Edited March 16, 2025 by copravolley

[copravolley 640]

Lollobrigida's 5 km gold is the biggest positive surprise for Italy at these World Championships. I thought that if she didn't win a medal in the 3 km, then she had no chance in the 5 km and certainly not for gold. Giovannini's gold in the mass start was a nice surprise, but certainly not a sensation.