Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[heywoodu 15,335]

  On 2/15/2018 at 12:54 PM, ofan said:

A stunning race! Wow, what a shocking result

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Kramer you mean, I suppose? Bloemen is not exactly shocking  (neither would Bergsma or Kramer have been)

[OlympicsFan 860]

The Netherlands saw that Germany was about to win the medal table, so they sent Bloemen to Canada to help them stopping Germany.

[ofan 238]

  On 2/15/2018 at 12:55 PM, heywoodu said:

Kramer you mean, I suppose? Bloemen is not exactly shocking  (neither would Bergsma or Kramer have been)

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Yes Kramer 

[orangeman 2,020]

Great result by the other Canadian, Belchos, too.  Looks like Canadian speed skating is back on.......track!

 

[OlympicsFan 860]

Bloemen is already 31 years old, so this was probably his only chance for an olympic gold, good way to retire. Gonna be interesting to see which dutch athlete Canada will naturalize next. There must be some other dutch athlete who would be willing to switch nationality for not being able to make the dutch team.

[JoshMartini007 2,559]

Bloemen's father is Canadian so it wasn't like he randomly chose the country.

[Gianlu33 4,728]

  On 2/15/2018 at 12:53 PM, OlympicsFan said:

Congrats to the italian guy, he probably can't believe it himself.

Crazy day for them, nobody expected anything, but they won 2 medals already.

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Nobody expect anything? It was one of the most important day of the 2018 OG

 

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 2/15/2018 at 1:01 PM, Gianlu33 said:

Nobody expect anything? It was one of the most important day of the 2018 OG

 

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What do you mean? Did you consider Giotto a medal contender?

[Gianlu33 4,728]

  On 2/15/2018 at 1:02 PM, OlympicsFan said:

What do you mean? Did you consider Giotto a medal contender?

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I don't speak about speed skating but about all other sports...

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 2/15/2018 at 1:07 PM, Gianlu33 said:

I don't speak about speed skating but about all other sports...

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You mean giant slalom? There was a certain medal chance, but not giant.