Speed Skating 2016 - 2017 Discussion Thread

[hckošice 15,535]

 

[heywoodu 16,010]

2 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

yes 3 countries from 3 continents

To move the discussion about normal speed skating away from the short track thread..

 

- Canada

- United States

 

- Netherlands

- Germany

- Norway

- Finland

- Belgium

- Austria

- Russia

- Czech Republic

- Poland

 

- China

- South Korea

- Japan

 

- Australia

- New Zealand

 

That's 16 countries from 4 continents who have at least a decent medal chance in speed skating 

[heywoodu 16,010]

And if Pedro Causil continues his brilliant move to speed skating, we might add Colombia and so a 5th continent to it as well very soon  

Edited November 7, 2016 by heywoodu

[Dragon 2,029]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

 

To move the discussion about normal speed skating away from the short track thread..

 

- Canada

- United States

 

- Netherlands

- Germany

- Norway

- Finland

- Belgium

- Austria

- Russia

- Czech Republic

- Poland

 

- China

- South Korea

- Japan

 

- Australia

- New Zealand

 

That's 16 countries from 4 continents who have at least a decent medal chance in speed skating 

Is that longtrack and shorttrack combined?

[heywoodu 16,010]

Just now, Dragon said:

Is that longtrack and shorttrack combined?

Longtrack only

 

Otherwise I would never forget Great Britain of course  

Edited November 7, 2016 by heywoodu

[Dragon 2,029]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Longtrack only

 

Otherwise I would never forget Great Britain of course  

I'll be very clever and say Senegal might have a medal chance in longtrack....

Can you work out why?

[hckošice 15,535]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

 

To move the discussion about normal speed skating away from the short track thread..

 

- Canada

- United States

 

- Netherlands

- Germany

- Norway

- Finland

- Belgium

- Austria

- Russia

- Czech Republic

- Poland

 

- China

- South Korea

- Japan

 

- Australia

- New Zealand

 

That's 16 countries from 4 continents who have at least a decent medal chance in speed skating 

 

sure, but still it depend on what you exactly means about decent chance... because apart Netherlands...there not so much to grab

[heywoodu 16,010]

2 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

sure, but still it depend on what you exactly means about decent chance... because apart Netherlands...there not so much to grab

The Netherlands dominated Olympic speed skating like that exactly once, in Sochi. It would be a miracle if that happens again in 2018, it's just not realistic to expect anything close to Sochi (when literally everything fell exactly in place). Even in the most Dutch of all distances, the 10k, the best guy in the world right now is Canadian  (although he used to represent the Netherlands)

 

And a decent medal chance means that a medal is at least realistically possible, let's say at least 15-20% chance. Peter Michael normally won't medal for New Zealand, but his incredibly impressive debut season shows that he definitely does have more than just a very small chance

 

 

Edited November 7, 2016 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 16,010]

5 minutes ago, Dragon said:

I'll be very clever and say Senegal might have a medal chance in longtrack....

Can you work out why?

I doubt Daidai Ntab will represent Senegal if he keeps closing in on the Dutch sprinting top, but if he can't quite get there...who knows, it would be just brilliant  

Edited November 7, 2016 by heywoodu

[Dragon 2,029]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I doubt Daidai Ntab will represent Senegal if he keeps closing in on the Dutch sprinting top, but if he can't quite get there...who knows, it would be just brilliant