Speed Skating 2017 - 2018 Discussion Thread

[Dennis 712]

Based on the standings after the World Cup in Calgary, these teams would qualify for the team pursuit, if my calculations and understanding of the qualification criteria are correct.

 

Country	Women	Men
Host Country
World Cup Ranking
Time Ranking
Reserves

[Dennis 712]

59 minutes ago, Dragon said:

What are the possibilities of Great Britain qualifying for the Olympics in women's mass start?

I'm not clever enough to work out the system.

The system is quite simple for the mass start: the top 24 athletes in the world cup standings earn a quota, with a maximum of 2 per country.

After this World Cup in Calgary, Gemma Cooper will be in 24th place, no matter what the outcome will be in the final tonight, as Gemma has 8 points and all 16 finalists will get at least 10 points, even if they will be disqualified tonight.

 

With one more World Cup to go, next weekend in Salt Lake City, it will be exciting to see if Gemma can make it.

 

[Jur 683]

So... Hi, I undestand NOTHING about Speed skating.

 

Spain has an athlete, Iñigo Vidondo, compiting internationally. Does he has any chances of qualifiying to the olympics?

 

Thanks in advanced.

[heywoodu 15,141]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

Finished 4th in fact, won 2 intermediate sprints it seems.

 

Apparently she sprinted like a crazy woman for that knowing that 4th place guarantees Olympic qualification.

Hmm, not really like a crazy woman

 

Mostly she just attacked early on and nobody seemed to care until she was only 100 meters or so behind them  

[intoronto 5,641]

8 minutes ago, Jur said:

So... Hi, I undestand NOTHING about Speed skating.

 

Spain has an athlete, Iñigo Vidondo, compiting internationally. Does he has any chances of qualifiying to the olympics?

 

Thanks in advanced.

 

Unlikely he qualifies

[Dennis 712]

Team  for the European Championships this weekend in  Kolomna:

 

Men:

• 500m: Hein Otterspeer, Ronald Mulder, Michel Mulder
• 1.000m: Koen Verweij, Thomas Krol, Hein Otterspeer
• 1.500m: Koen Verweij, Marcel Bosker, Thomas Krol
• 5.000m: Jan Blokhuijsen, Marcel Bosker, Simon Schouten
• Mass Start: Jan Blokhuijsen, Simon Schouten
• Team Pursuit: Marcel Bosker, Simon Schouten, Jan Blokhuijsen
• Team Sprint: Ronald Mulder, Michel Mulder, Koen Verweij, Hein Otterspeer

Women:

• 500m: Letitia de Jong, Mayon Kuipers, Sanneke de Neeling
• 1.000m: Marrit Leenstra, Letitia de Jong, Lotte van Beek
• 1.500m: Lotte van Beek, Marrit Leenstra, Linda de Vries
• 3.000m: Carlijn Achtereekte, Annouk van der Weijden, Esmee Visser
• Mass Start: Annouk van der Weijden, Carlijn Achtereekte
• Team Pursuit: Marrit Leenstra, Melissa Wijfje, Lotte van Beek
• Team Sprint: Mayon Kuipers, Sanne de Neeling, Letitia de Jong

No 5.000m for women and 10.000m for men at these Championships.

[heywoodu 15,141]

Oh yeah that's right, European championships (single distance), the most useless addition to the calendar, especially without the 5 and 10k  

 

Oh well, let's see, at least there are quite some decent athletes turning up

 

[intoronto 5,641]

No Canadian women has hit the standard for the women's 1500m wow.

[NearPup 3,051]

2 hours ago, intoronto said:

No Canadian women has hit the standard for the women's 1500m wow.

Brianne Tutt and Kali Christ hit the standart (they need to have it over the last calendar year, not during trials).

 

But yes, the speed skating Canada time standards are insane.

[heywoodu 15,141]

12:43.04 for Ted-Jan Bloemen in Calgary yesterday, the 4th fastest 10k ever. Now it's time to see how he'll turn up in Pyeongchang, since nearly all of his fantastic races have been at altitude, whereas especially Kramer has shown to have that kind of level at low altitude (like the Olympic oval in Korea).