Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[Monzanator 4,611]

  On 2/18/2018 at 10:41 AM, OlympicsFan said:

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.

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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!

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 2/18/2018 at 12:30 PM, Dennis said:

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

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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.

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 2/18/2018 at 12:53 PM, Monzanator said:

 

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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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?

[hckošice 15,110]

Men´s Team Pursuit Quarterfinals Results

[Andry84 104]

  On 2/18/2018 at 11:13 AM, Gianlu33 said:

What disaster for Italy 

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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.

[hckošice 15,110]

Women´s 500m

 

1. Nao Kodaira 36.94, 2. Lee Sang-Hwa 37.33, 3. Karolina Erbanova 37.34

 

Full Results HERE

 

[Dennis 746]

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  Bloemen of course, but also  Kodaira. I really like how she comes across in interviews, she's very sweet.

 

I was also really impressed by  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. 

[heywoodu 15,339]

  On 2/18/2018 at 3:16 PM, Dennis said:

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

 

I was also really impressed by  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. 

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

 

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

[dcro 10,210]

So what, all medalist in speed skating speak Dutch? 

 

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

[dcro 10,210]

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

Edited February 18, 2018 by dcro