Speed Skating ISU World Cup 2017 - 2018

[Dennis 759]

Women's 3.000m and 5.000m quota, according to my calculations:

• Maximum quota per NOC = 3 (3.000m) / 2 (5.000m);
• Maximum quota for this distance = 24 (3.000m) / 12 (5.000m);
• Maximum number of female speed skaters in Pyeongchang = 80.

	3.000m	5.000m
World Cup Ranking	Natalia Voronina  Martina Sáblíková  Claudia Pechstein  Ivanie Blondin  Antoinette de Jong  Anna Yurakova  Isabelle Weidemann  Miho Takagi  Marina Zueva  Irene Schouten  Ireen Wüst  Fuyo Matsuoka  Carlijn Schoutens  Nana Takagi  Brianne Tutt  Francesca Lollobrigida	Natalia Voronina  Martina Sáblíková  Claudia Pechstein  Ivanie Blondin  Antoinette de Jong  Anna Yurakova  Isabelle Weidemann  Miho Takagi
Time Ranking	Jiachen Hao  Karolina Bosiek  Katarzyna Bachleda-Curus  Roxanne Dufter  Ida Njåtun  Nikola Zdráhalova  Mei Han  Luiza Zlotkowska	Esmee Visser  Nana Takagi  Marina Zueva  Carlijn Schoutens
Reserves	Dan Li  Stephanie Beckert  Bo-Reum Kim  Olga Graf  Jelena Peeters  Mia Manganello	Jelena Peeters  Nikola Zdráhalova  Francesca Lollobrigida  Stephanie Beckert  Magdalena Czyszczon  Camilla Lund

 

Miho Takagi managed to earn a quota for Japan on the 5.000m without even skating one international 5.000m race this year.

 

 

Total quota: 

 

3.000m:  x1;  x3;  x2;  x2;  x2;  x1;  x3;  x3;  x1;  x3;  x2;  x1

 

5.000m:  x1;  x2;  x1;  x1;  x2;  x2;  x2;  x1

[Dennis 759]

This is an overview of how the quota for the women have been allocated based on my calculations. There could of course be errors in this.

 

Country	500	1.000	1.500	3.000	5.000	Mass Start	Team Pursuit	Total
	1	1	1			1		4
			1					1
			1	1	1	1		4
	3	3	3	3	2	2	Yes	10
	3	3	3	2		2	Yes	8
	1	2	2	2	1	1		8
						1		1
						1		1
	1							1
	2	3	2	2	1	1	Yes	10
	2			1		2		5
	3	3	3	3	2	2	Yes	10
	1	1	1					3
	3	3				2	Yes	8
	3	3	3	3	2	2	Yes	10
	1	2	2	1				6
	1	1	3	3		1	Yes	8
	3	3	3	2	2	2	Yes	10
						1		1
	1	1	1					3
	3	3	3	1	1	2		8
Total	32	32	32	24	12	24	8	120

 

In case a NOC has been allocated quota in all events, the maximum number of quota is 10. In all other cases, the maximum is 8.

 

120 quotas have been allocated, but no more than 80 female skaters will be allowed to compete in Pyeongchang. However, if for the men, the respective IOC Quota target number of 100 is not reached according to the qualifying system, the unused number of quota places will be credited and added to the quota of the women.

 

I think there will be only around 80 athletes anyways, for example:

 

• I'd expect     only to send one athlete who will skate all distances for which they have earned a quota.
• All 10  quota places have been earned by only 4 different skaters (Dannhauer, Hirschbichler, Dufter and Pechstein);
•  will send no more than 3 skaters normally (Sáblíkova, Erbanova, Zdráhalova);
•  Bergsma and Bowe will skate multiple distances; 
•  will be represented by Njåtun and Bøkko only, normally speaking;
• Both Takagi sisters have earned  a quota in 4 different distances.

Edited December 10, 2017 by Dennis

[dcro 10,210]

Bloemen about to do something ridiculous...

[heywoodu 16,004]

Holy crap!!

[dcro 10,210]

6:01,86

 

Kramer goes down at last.

[Dennis 759]

 Ted-Jan Bloemen skating a new WR on the 5.000m! 

 

Sven Kramer is no longer a WR holder.

[heywoodu 16,004]

100% 28-second laps 

[dcro 10,210]

Is it actually possible that the Netherlands will go into Pyeongchang without any clear gold medal favorite? If Bloeman grabs 5000m/10000m golds then they might struggle indeed!

 

Okay, men's pursuit is a lock I guess.

[NearPup 3,498]

Man has Ted-Jan ever improved over the past couple years. World record holder in both the 5000 and the 10000, just incredible.

 

Speed Skating Canada sure is lucky his dad happened to have been born in New Brunswick xD

[NearPup 3,498]

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

Is it actually possible that the Netherlands will go into Pyeongchang without any clear gold medal favorite? If Bloeman grabs 5000m/10000m golds then they might struggle indeed!

 

Okay, men's pursuit is a lock I guess.

I mean, it depends which team shows up. The Netherlands pursuit team has looked like amateurs in two of the three events.

 

FWIW I think Koen Verweij is a heavy favorite since Yuskov and Kulizhnikov probably won't be allowed to compete (even though Yuskov's doping ban was kinda BS).

Edited December 10, 2017 by NearPup