Speed Skating ISU World Cup 2017 - 2018

[dcro 10,210]

6 minutes ago, konig said:

1:18.00 is the minimum time?, she doesnt have chances.......

 

Looks like there's no chance in 1000m, but maybe in 500m.

[heywoodu 16,004]

Oh damn, Kodaira, that hurt 

[rybak 3,303]

6 minut temu, konig napisał:

1:18.00 is the minimum time?, she doesnt have chances.......

Yes, it's minimum time to qualify, but maybe she or/and other skaters will qualify with weaker time. There are 32 quotas in women 1000m race, maybe not everyone will have better result than 1:18:00

[dcro 10,210]

A non-Japanese winner at last.

 

7th place for Huang is surely the best ever winter sport WC result for .

[NearPup 3,496]

2 minutes ago, rybak said:

Yes, it's minimum time to qualify, but maybe she or/and other skaters will qualify with weaker time. There are 32 quotas in women 1000m race, maybe not everyone will have better result than 1:18:00

There are 37 athletes with sub 1:18 just this world cup, and presumably more people will go under that in SLC. I don't think the time has to be achieved at a world cup either?

 

Also it's just a minimum time, you have to be in the top 20 of the world cup or the top 12 of the world cup time ranking (excluding the top 20 in the world cup) (with the caveat that only the top 3 athletes per country count). It's unlikely you would qualify with a 1:18 flat.

[NearPup 3,496]

5 minutes ago, dcro said:

A non-Japanese winner at last.

 

7th place for Huang is surely the best ever winter sport WC result for .

Ya, it's a very impressive result from Yu-Ting Huang. She's not that young (30) so I'm not sure how much further she can go, but this is just another example that if good inline speed skaters transition to speed skating they can do very well even if their country doesn't have a speed skating tradition. Wouldn't be surprised to see more good speed skaters come out of Taiwan (and Colombia).

Edited December 2, 2017 by NearPup

[rybak 3,303]

2 minuty temu, Nate River napisał:

There are 37 athletes with sub 1:18 just this world cup, and presumably more people will go under that in SLC. I don't think the time has to be achieved at a world cup either?

 

Also it's just a minimum time, you have to be in the top 20 of the world cup or the top 12 of the world cup time ranking (excluding the top 20 in the world cup) (with the caveat that only the top 3 athletes per country count). It's unlikely you would qualify with a 1:18 flat.

You are right.

[dcro 10,210]

Lol, Ihle

[heywoodu 16,004]

9 minutes ago, dcro said:

A non-Japanese winner at last.

 

7th place for Huang is surely the best ever winter sport WC result for .

If it is, it's not by a huge margin (they already had an 11th place in speed skating). 

[dcro 10,210]

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