Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[copravolley 626]

3 minutes ago, pdr4332 said:

I am with you on this one. I am almost as disappointed that did not get the 3rd place at most as if I was Italian. 

Definitely much less (if at all) disappointed at the performance is concerned as before the Olympics everyone knew that HU short track is out as a medal contender (at least for now)

Italy definitely deserved the 3rd place with at least 10 sports they medalled in.

If the curling mixed doubles (where you were title holders) went into the final and then lost, would have the missing silver for 3rd place.

Obviously, other sports could've made up for that.

 

Sighel's poor form, Ghiotto's slip-up in the 10km, the miss of medals in the men`s PGS alpine snowboarding, Gicomel's tragedy yesterday, etc. It could have easily 4-5 more silver medals. Personally, I thought 10 gold medals would be enough for 3rd place, but unfortunately, there weren't enough silver medals and too many bronze medals: 14.

[Orangehair43 310]

The coverage of this will be a lot lower in 2030 because commentators can’t do this and short track and will likely focus on the one actually in France. Particularly if it’s the Netherlands and not Turin. 

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[Noorderling29 226]

2 hours ago, Matteo92 said:

 

I know it's a joke and I laughed at it, but it is true that the results that the Netherlands have consistently achieved in the last decade are just sensational. 

We were top 5 in Paris 2024, and broke our gold medal records in both 2024 and 2026.

[Noorderling29 226]

1 hour ago, copravolley said:

Sighel's poor form, Ghiotto's slip-up in the 10km, the miss of medals in the men`s PGS alpine snowboarding, Gicomel's tragedy yesterday, etc. It could have easily 4-5 more silver medals. Personally, I thought 10 gold medals would be enough for 3rd place, but unfortunately, there weren't enough silver medals and too many bronze medals: 14.

If Lollobrigida was just a few hundreds of a seconds slower in the 5000 metres, it would have been 11 golds for us, 9 for Italy. Who knows what would have happened if the Dutch mixed relay team had stayed on its feet. Etc etc
 

But of course, that’s not how it works. You win some medals you did not expect to win, you lose some you thought near-certainities. In some events you are unlucky, in others you profit from the misfortune from your competitors. You have some narrow wins (for instance Riijpma-De Jong) and some narrow losses (for instance Conijn and the Men’s team pursuit).

 

 

[Adriano 824]

Medal for Denmark I am so proud ! Still Miss Albania, Ukraine and Hjngary winning some medals here I hope Slovakia get this bronze.