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Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games 2018


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2 godziny temu, OlympicsFan napisał:

I agree, although Germany being so bad in speed skating and cross-country (as well as swimming and distance running) is a very good sign for the clean sport in Germany. Impossible to be world class in any of those sports without doping, so i am rather happy about Germany being so bad in those sports.

 

Paul Biedermann surely crumbled when they banned these fancy swimming suits ;)  In cross country you need to put some skiers with asthma so they can compete with Norwegians! Everyone knows having asthma is a huge advantage in endurance sports!

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vor einer Stunde schrieb Dennis:

Erbanova almost faster than Lee. Who would have thought that?! :yikes:

Lee had a small mistake and Erbanova seemed to be in pretty good shape recently, so not completely shocking i would say. Of course i wouldn't have thought that before the race, but Erbanova is pretty much where she was expected to be compared to Herzog for example. Only a bit surprised that Go wasn't faster.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached.
 

 

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vor 52 Minuten schrieb Monzanator:

 

Paul Biedermann surely crumbled when they banned these fancy swimming suits ;)  In cross country you need to put some skiers with asthma so they can compete with Norwegians! Everyone knows having asthma is a huge advantage in endurance sports!

Yes that is true, Biedermann would have never won gold without the suits or even set the world records, i don't think i quiet understand what you are trying to say?

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached.
 

 

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3 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

What disaster for Italy 

Why disaster? Did you really think that with Giovannini not in his best shape Italy was a medal contender? It wasn' t a disaster, they did  a  good race, very close to the semifinal, but the medal are for Netherland, Korea and Norway, and also with the best Giovannini wouldn' t have benn easy to drop 1 and a half second.Remember always that in Italy speed skating has few dozens of athletes, they are doing something special....Fabris was a destiny gift, now we are trying to build up a very good team.

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Good first week for Dutch speed skating of course. 

 

I was rewatching some videos/interviews from the past week and noted that all Olympic champions in speed skating so far speak Dutch, including :CAN Bloemen of course, but also :JPN Kodaira. I really like how she comes across in interviews, she's very sweet.

 

I was also really impressed by :CZE Erbanova's Dutch language skills. The interviewer was talking quite fast, but she understood everything and replied without taking time to think about how to phrase her answers. :thumbup:

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5 minutes ago, Dennis said:

but also :JPN Kodaira. I really like how she comes across in interviews, she's very sweet.

 

I was also really impressed by :CZE Erbanova's Dutch language skills. The interviewer was talking quite fast, but she understood everything and replied without taking time to think about how to phrase her answers. :thumbup:

Exactly why I'm so happy with Kodaira's gold, she comes across so nice :cheer:

 

I had no idea Erbanova speaks Dutch (although training with Timmer I guess it makes sense), didn't have time to watch interviews yet :p 

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So what, all medalist in speed skating speak Dutch? :lol:

 

Even that American Krueger with silver in ST yesterday trains with the Dutch. :p

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Meanwhile, I remembered one athlete that was like Sang-hwa Lee. :GRE Pyros Dimas won gold medals in 1992, 1996 and 2000. But then "only" bronze in 2004.

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