Speed Skating ISU World Cup 2025 - 2026

[Jan Linha 597]

Any idea where to watch Division B of any race? Just found out their YTB channel is not broadcasting that ....

[Topicmaster1010 5,327]

 Nadezhda Morozova went 1:51.65 in the B Division!

 

Would've been 2nd in the A Division.

[heywoodu 15,997]

5 hours ago, Jan Linha said:

Any idea where to watch Division B of any race? Just found out their YTB channel is not broadcasting that ....

They're not shown anywhere. Even in the Netherlands we only sometimes get a small glimpse of it when NOS has a camera there to record a specific athlete (like a Dutch rider or in the rare occassion of a top level rider doing the B division for whatever reason). Even then it's not live, but just a short glimpse they'll show in the broadcast around the A divisions.

Edited November 16 by heywoodu

[Swewi 460]

On 11/15/2025 at 1:53 AM, heywoodu said:

Wow, really needed to Google that name to see what was up there  

 

I had no idea.

Very odd to change from an at least in Sweden unique name to one of the most common and boring😅

 

I would have liked him to at least make one last effort to try to break the WR in 10 000m on a faster track because the Beijing track was definately not the best one.

[heywoodu 15,997]

30 minutes ago, Swewi said:

Very odd to change from an at least in Sweden unique name to one of the most common and boring😅

 

I would have liked him to at least make one last effort to try to break the WR in 10 000m on a faster track because the Beijing track was definately not the best one.

That would have been interesting indeed, although to be fair, altitude works a bit less well in the 10k (just look at how relatively normal it is for riders who don't even qualify for World Cups nowadays to go under 13 minutes on sea level).

[NearPup 3,480]

34 minutes ago, Swewi said:

Very odd to change from an at least in Sweden unique name to one of the most common and boring😅

 

I would have liked him to at least make one last effort to try to break the WR in 10 000m on a faster track because the Beijing track was definately not the best one.

We might never know why he did it, but given how quiet he's been I wouldn't be surprised if he changed his name *because* Svenson is such an anonymous name in Sweden.

 

And sadly he was quite clearly completly burned out on speed skating by the end of his career.

[heywoodu 15,997]

29 minutes ago, NearPup said:

We might never know why he did it, but given how quiet he's been I wouldn't be surprised if he changed his name *because* Svenson is such an anonymous name in Sweden.

 

And sadly he was quite clearly completly burned out on speed skating by the end of his career.

Dutch Wikipedia says anonimity is indeed why he did it  

[Topicmaster1010 5,327]

Finally the first non-Dutch gold in a women's event by Japan in the team pursuit

[clemsonbeav 206]

The third skater for  losing energy, allowing  to take bronze.

[Gianlu33 5,276]

Not bad from France, they’re potential podium material. Loubineaud has really given new energy to the Blues