Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[rybak 3,367]

1 minute ago, Adriano said:

End of games for Poland. One silver. Thanks to the teen ski Jumper. See you here on forum during qualification to LA. 

Somebody overreacted here. There is still both 500m races and mens 10000m. Keep calm.

[Adriano 720]

Just now, rybak said:

Somebody overreacted here. There is still both 500m races and mens 10000m. Keep calm.

No. It was the biggest chance. We see that they are not well prepared. 10 000m I have different favourites. Apart skating is nothing really close to medal or top 5. 

[Josh 12,440]

Just now, Adriano said:

No. It was the biggest chance. We see that they are not well prepared. 10 000m I have different favourites. Apart skating is nothing really close to medal or top 5. 

Isn't the 500m a better chance than this for Zurek? 

[Matteo92 190]

3 minutes ago, Adriano said:

End of games for Poland. One silver. Thanks to the teen ski Jumper. See you here on forum during qualification to LA. 

 

I think 500m an 10.000m are still a possibility  

 

A lot of people say the track gets generally slower during the competition, which has probably helped Lorello in the 5.000m.

 

In the 10.000m, Semirunniy will skate in one of the first two heats, whereas all the other medal contenders will be in heats 5 and 6.

[MHSN 3,792]

out of curiosity, what if Wennemars put a time worse than his original time (which gave him the 5th place)

which one will be counted for him ? the better time or re-run race result no matter what ?

[Monzanator 4,917]

4 minutes ago, Adriano said:

End of games for Poland. One silver. Thanks to the teen ski Jumper. See you here on forum during qualification to LA. 

 

We still have 2 chances like @rybaksaid.

[heywoodu 16,363]

1 minute ago, Matteo92 said:

 

Yes, I think he can win 4 individual golds.

He certainly can (although comparisons with Eric Heiden should never be made), depends on the tactics the rest will use in the mass start. Bring him to the finish for a sprint and you're fucked.

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2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Wasn't he around in Beijing already? He is certainly a long established star already

 

I chose the year precisely. Beijing is to Stoltz as Sydney was to Phelps. Both there as teens but coming into their own in the next games

[heywoodu 16,363]

Just now, MHSN said:

out of curiosity, what if Wennemars put a time worse than his original time (which gave him the 5th place)

which one will be counted for him ? the better time or re-run race result no matter what ?

This is a more than excellent question

 

[rybak 3,367]

Just now, Adriano said:

No. It was the biggest chance. We see that they are not well prepared. 10 000m I have different favourites. Apart skating is nothing really close to medal or top 5. 

Żurek was better on 500m in this season. Kania and Michalski opponents make worse results for them than expected, I'm still positive.