Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[Monzanator 4,928]

Just to confirm  Michalski said he rejected a re-skate to save energy for 500.

Edited 16 hours ago by Monzanator

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8 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Pairing for the W 5000m HERE

I think bad luck for Lollobrigida. Sáblíková with her illness maybe will lose one lap :-(

[Andre Han 76]

I just woke up. Did Ning win a medal? Obviously, I think he has a better chance of winning a medal in the 1500 - meter event than in the 1000 - meter event.I'm glad that he has picked himself up again in these four years after his poor performance in Beijing.

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1 hour ago, Andre Han said:

I just woke up. Did Ning win a medal? Obviously, I think he has a better chance of winning a medal in the 1500 - meter event than in the 1000 - meter event.I'm glad that he has picked himself up again in these four years after his poor performance in Beijing.

Yes, bronze.

[Dennis 815]

This would have been my pre-Olympic prediction. Lollobrigida will probably finish higher knowing what we know now. This is always a tough distance to predict with so little 5.000m races during the season.

 

1. Ragne Wiklund 
2. Isabelle Weidemann 
3. Sandrine Tas (would be great to see a Belgian female skater win a medal here)
4.  Maira Jasch (German skaters disappointed so far, but I still think she could be the surprise of the day)
5. Merel Conijn (definitely prefers this distance over the 3.000m, but not sure if she's much better than she was last Saturday)
6. Marina Zueva 
7. Martina Sáblíková (best ever skater on this distance, but not sure how well she is recovered from her illness that kept her out of the 3.000m. I want to remain optimistic in her final international race of her career)
8. Francesca Lollobrigida (reigning World Champion and in better shape than expected, so will definitely finish higher)
9. Bente Kerkhoff (no idea what to expect from her, her team mates (Groenewoud and Conijn) were in poor shape in the 3.000m)
10. Tai Zhien 
11. Nadezhda Morozova (skated a great 3.000m so she might finish higher, but her 1.000m was underwhelming)
12. Laura Hall 

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38 minutes ago, Dennis said:

This would have been my pre-Olympic prediction. Lollobrigida will probably finish higher knowing what we know now. This is always a tough distance to predict with so little 5.000m races during the season.

 

1. Ragne Wiklund 
2. Isabelle Weidemann 
3. Sandrine Tas (would be great to see a Belgian female skater win a medal here)
4.  Maira Jasch (German skaters disappointed so far, but I still think she could be the surprise of the day)
5. Merel Conijn (definitely prefers this distance over the 3.000m, but not sure if she's much better than she was last Saturday)
6. Marina Zueva 
7. Martina Sáblíková (best ever skater on this distance, but not sure how well she is recovered from her illness that kept her out of the 3.000m. I want to remain optimistic in her final international race of her career)
8. Francesca Lollobrigida (reigning World Champion and in better shape than expected, so will definitely finish higher)
9. Bente Kerkhoff (no idea what to expect from her, her team mates (Groenewoud and Conijn) were in poor shape in the 3.000m)
10. Tai Zhien 
11. Nadezhda Morozova (skated a great 3.000m so she might finish higher, but her 1.000m was underwhelming)
12. Laura Hall 

Kerkhof is not going to finish 7th, as she’s will not start, due to a back injury