Speed Skating ISU World Cup 2025 - 2026

[Gianlu33 5,276]

Stolz didn’t even make the podium, definitely not a good Sunday for him

[clemsonbeav 206]

I can only assume the fall by Koo  affected Gao  , who finished in 14th.

[orangeman 2,250]

Just now, clemsonbeav said:

I can only assume the fall by Koo  affected Gao  , who finished in 14th.

Yeah, you can see he glided a bit to avoid him instead of skating. 

[Gianlu33 5,276]

I just checked the stats, and this is only the second time since January 27, 2024, that Stolz has finished off the podium in the 500m across 19 races

 

[clemsonbeav 206]

1 minute ago, Gianlu33 said:

I just checked the stats, and this is only the second time since January 27, 2024, that Stolz has finished off the podium in the 500m across 19 races

 

And with a time of 33.79, it's not because he skated slow...just the others brought their A-game!  (Looking at those times, he only beat that time once, back at WCh in 2024!)

[Gianlu33 5,276]

8 minutes ago, clemsonbeav said:

And with a time of 33.79, it's not because he skated slow...just the others brought their A-game!  (Looking at those times, he only beat that time once, back at WCh in 2024!)

It’s also worth noting that times at the SLC track aren’t very indicative, as its altitude and ice conditions make it extremely fast

[clemsonbeav 206]

The W Mass Start a little boring such that the website broke 

[orangeman 2,250]

What is the issue here. Those 4 were clearly in front of the others. How would they be a lap behind? 

[Dennis 759]

The question is if they skated the full 16 laps or only 15.

[clemsonbeav 206]

If they only did 15 laps, how did they win the sprint points?

 

Edit: Nevermind...they could have been ahead the other times, but in the last lap, stopped one lap too early?  Is that what happened?  Sucks if so...USA would've been first!  (How does that happen?)

Edited November 16 by clemsonbeav