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By FeelingVeryOlympic · Posted
The USA has a hybrid selection model -- Jordan Stolz, Erin Jackson, maybe a couple of others -- prequalified through World Championships and World Cup results even though they will still skate at trials. It was different four years ago when Jackson tripped in the 500 at trials, finished one spot out of the team and Brittany Bowe gave up her spot for Jackson (though Bowe's best events were the 1000 and 1500 and it was believed anyway the US would get an extra 500 quota on reallocation, which they later did, so Bowe was able to skate the 500 in Beijing anyway). -
Tuesday December 30th, 2025 Preliminary Round Day 5 Schedule Group A Central Standard Time (GMT -6) (CET 20:00) Switzerland vs Germany Period-by-Period: December 30th 2025, h. 13:00, Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul Group B Central Standard Time (GMT -6) (CET 22:30) Latvia vs Denmark Period-by-Period: December 30th 2025, h. 15:30, 3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis -
DAY 4 HIGHLIGHTS Canada 9 - 1 Denmark Period-by-Period: 3-0, 2-1, 4-0 December 29th 2025, h. 19:30, 3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis
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Yep, it is insane, although I was a little annoyed by Mark Tuitert saying this is 'unique in the Netherlands, unique in sports even' - no it's literally not unique in sports But the tension....unbelievable. I'm noticing I feel the tension even worse now that we're in the middle of our own Olympic qualifying process here, it makes the trials both more and less fun to watch And I find it harder to sympathize with athletes like Beune, who miss out on a distance but not on the Olympics, then on athletes who miss out on the Olympics althogether... -
My personally favourite system would be something where there is a certain set of high criteria to be pre-selected (like winning at least all but one of the World Cups in a certain distance before the trials), which would really only pre-select the absolute top - disadvantage is that you're somewhat forcing them to be in peak shape for one and a half month or so, which isn't good for Olympic performance, although they can choose to go for the trials of course. Rest of the spots would then be done by trials. That too would have it's drawbacks though. Focus on the World Cup qualifiers would be almost the same as it is for trials now, as one would need to qualify to have a chance of being pre-selected.
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Fabris was better in the years after the Olympics than in the years before.
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There is no 'NED men's team' I mean, there is a national coach, but it's not really like a national team, more of a collective of riders from different teams who happen to suit up in the same orange during international races. But yes, the 'coach' (more like manager of the team I think, he certainly isn't actually training athletes) of the national team is Rintje Ritsma, the blond guy. Not Gerard van Velde, who you refer to with the 1000m gold (who is also a coach nowadays)
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DAY 4 HIGHLIGHTS Slovakia 5 - 6 United States Period-by-Period: 2-0, 2-4, 1-2 December 29th 2025, h. 17:00, Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul
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By Noorderling29 · Posted
Listening to the interviews the past four days, it’s clear just how stressfull the OKT is. Even for someone like De Boo, who is clearly our best sprinter, or Nuijs, in his 5th OKT. -
By Noorderling29 · Posted
For me, a system with pre-nomination only works when you only have a few stars. Of course you want to protect them. In case of yesterday’s 1500. The World champion did not qualify, but the three women would did are all capable of winning a medal and have skated faster than Beune ever did in Heerenveen. So why should Beune be protected. If we would return to that system the pressure would just be moved to the World Cup qualifiers. Miss out there, and your chances of the Olympics are hugely diminished. We had a system like that in the past, which in some cases meant that skaters who had their peak earlier in the season, or even in the previous season, but had lost their form by the time that the Games came along, were nominated. That system could well mean some newbie like van der Bunt misses out. With other Words, there is no system that 100% guarantees a perfect outcome.
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