Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[dcro 10,210]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

And this is exactly why You don't win silver, you lose gold is sometimes correct and sometimes it's not, entirely depending on the situation. 

 

But then again, WC in speed skating is really not that important...

[OlympicsFan 860]

I can't believe that the Netherlands have more medals than Germany, what a horrible result for Germany again, same as 4 years ago.

I assume we can be sure that the Netherlands will sweep men's 1500 m tomorrow? If they do that, they could finish tomorrow with the same number of golds as Germany (assuming that Germany wins women's luge) if they win a gold in short track, so do they have a realistic chance for short track gold tomorrow?

I just saw that Schultzing was eliminated already in women's 500 m, which is very surprising, so is there anyone else who could win a medal for them?

[heywoodu 16,004]

12 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

But then again, WC in speed skating is really not that important...

I know, but I can very well imagine Takagi came here for one thing and one thing only, and that wasn't silver. 

[heywoodu 16,004]

"Prank: woman without orange jacket climbs on podium"

 

Spoiler

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

This guy will compete tomorrow. Surely it's the longest named Chinese athlete that ever appeared at the Olympics.

 

[ChandlerMne 1,202]

19 minutes ago, dcro said:

This guy will compete tomorrow. Surely it's the longest named Chinese athlete that ever appeared at the Olympics.

 

 

He is probably an Uyghur, they have those long names for Chinese standards. I remember few Chinese boxers that also had those long names.

[hckošice 15,519]

Women´s 1500m

 

1. Ireen Wust 1:54.35, 2. Miho Takagi 1:54.55, 3. Marrit Leenstra 1:55.26

 

Full Results HERE

 

[heywoodu 16,004]

1 hour ago, ChandlerMne said:

 

He is probably an Uyghur, they have those long names for Chinese standards. I remember few Chinese boxers that also had those long names.

I remember the same, but for speed skaters at the Universiade. Still, it's always something a little different than the usual names  

[ChandlerMne 1,202]

39 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I remember the same, but for speed skaters at the Universiade. Still, it's always something a little different than the usual names  

Nice to see them in other sports than combat ones. 

One Chinese of Uyghur origin is Menke Bateer. Do you remember him? 

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Men´s 1500m Pairing Start List