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Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games 2018


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9 minutes ago, Nate River said:

This is listed as a requirement to be admited as an ISU member:

 

in existence in the country one or more actively operating natural or artificial ice rinks of a size adequate to practice the respective ISU sport discipline.

 

Because a member needs to control the sport in their country for at least two years before before being admited as a provisional member it would be almost impossible for Ntab to compete for Senegal in 2022.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Corniche-Ouest-Dakar/197671413632190

Not sure if it's ISU size but there's been a rink in Dakar since the 1970s

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8 minutes ago, Nate River said:

This is listed as a requirement to be admited as an ISU member:

 

in existence in the country one or more actively operating natural or artificial ice rinks of a size adequate to practice the respective ISU sport discipline.

 

Because a member needs to control the sport in their country for at least two years before before being admited as a provisional member it would be almost impossible for Ntab to compete for Senegal in 2022.

That is so unfair. 

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il y a 16 minutes, Dragon a déclaré:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Corniche-Ouest-Dakar/197671413632190

Not sure if it's ISU size but there's been a rink in Dakar since the 1970s

 

 

 

Probably not... It's not made of ice neither.

 

Edit: It was built in 2012.

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19 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

That is so unfair. 

It is a very rich country favored requirement. Not that anyone has ever accused winter sports of being elitist.

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39 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

 

 

 

Probably not... It's not made of ice neither.

 

Edit: It was built in 2012.

Interesting - I found a reference to "Africa's only ice skating rink" being in a shopping mall in Dakar from 1979

 

African convention centers--East and West - Apr 1979 - Page 67

books?id=5Wel-lWKRWYC&printsec=frontcove
Black Enterprise - ‎Vol. 9, No. 9 - ‎Magazine - ‎Full view
SENEGAL Only six and one-half hours from New York City, as the Air Afrique jet flies, Senegal's capital city of Dakar is the ideal spot for small groups. The city's ... Yet, it is in the midst of everything: from the colorful and buzzing markets of Dakar, to the mouth-watering restaurants. And because the ... Time after meetings will be spent exploring the hotel and its wonders: the six restaurants, the casino, the cinema, Africa's only ice-skating rink, the bowling alley, or the nearby golf course.
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il y a 12 minutes, Dragon a déclaré:

Interesting - I found a reference to "Africa's only ice skating rink" being in a shopping mall in Dakar from 1979

 

African convention centers--East and West - Apr 1979 - Page 67

books?id=5Wel-lWKRWYC&printsec=frontcove
Black Enterprise - ‎Vol. 9, No. 9 - ‎Magazine - ‎Full view
SENEGAL Only six and one-half hours from New York City, as the Air Afrique jet flies, Senegal's capital city of Dakar is the ideal spot for small groups. The city's ... Yet, it is in the midst of everything: from the colorful and buzzing markets of Dakar, to the mouth-watering restaurants. And because the ... Time after meetings will be spent exploring the hotel and its wonders: the six restaurants, the casino, the cinema, Africa's only ice-skating rink, the bowling alley, or the nearby golf course.

 

 

Probably short-lived and very limited in scope.

 

PS; there were allready a couple of ice rinks in South Africa back then.

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Just now, De_Gambassi said:

 

 

Probably short-lived and very limited in scope.

 

PS; there were allready a couple of ice rinks in South Africa back then.

on the PS - I'm guessing the magazine refused to count South Africa because of the political situation back then. Apartheid years

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23 minutes ago, Nate River said:

31 year old Anice Das wins the 500m and will almost certainly qualify for her first Olympics. Marrit Leenstra is second, Letitia de Jong third.

Which should more or less give De Jong a decent chance of making it as well, since the 1500m might well be filled up with already qualified athletes. I guess Wüst and girlfriend De Jong will share a room then, so no more succesful Wüst-Koen Verweij room like in Sochi where they decided to share a room and had a ton of fun :p 

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