Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[heywoodu 15,337]

There's a few young Brazilians speed skating as well, but, unsurprisingly, the most promising ones are Japanese-Brazilian and German-Brazilian  

[carivan 73]

  On 2/20/2018 at 3:08 AM, heywoodu said:

Yep, if I was religious I'd thank the lord for not letting inline be Olympic, it's sort of the way to save speed skating. 

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I would have turned religious if it had, lol. But I always knew it never would. 

[heywoodu 15,337]

  On 2/20/2018 at 3:15 AM, carivan said:

 

I would have turned religious if it had, lol. But I always knew it never would. 

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Gotta save some stuff for the World Games   

 

[carivan 73]

  On 2/20/2018 at 3:20 AM, heywoodu said:

Gotta save some stuff for the World Games   

 

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No need to be cruel 

[hckošice 15,103]

Women´s Team Pursuit Semifinals Start List

 

Men´s Team Pursuit Semifinals  Start List

[heywoodu 15,337]

And we've got another scandal, this time in Korea! In the women's pursuit first round, Kim Bo-reum and Park Ji-woo are accused of not being enough of a team player. Noh Seon-yeong crossed the line last, 4 seconds behind them, so her time counted and they were out. Noh was crying afterwards, and instead of talking to her, Kim and Park basically ignored her and only coach Bob de Jong cared for Noh. 

 

Now a petition has been started, which has been signed by over half a million people, calling for Kim and Park to be kicked out of the team. Funny detail: a petition which has been signed by over 200k has to be discussed in parliament, so, here we go  

[thepharoah 2,405]

  On 2/21/2018 at 10:02 AM, heywoodu said:

And we've got another scandal, this time in Korea! In the women's pursuit first round, Kim Bo-reum and Park Ji-woo are accused of not being enough of a team player. Noh Seon-yeong crossed the line last, 4 seconds behind them, so her time counted and they were out. Noh was crying afterwards, and instead of talking to her, Kim and Park basically ignored her and only coach Bob de Jong cared for Noh. 

 

Now a petition has been started, which has been signed by over half a million people, calling for Kim and Park to be kicked out of the team. Funny detail: a petition which has been signed by over 200k has to be discussed in parliament, so, here we go  

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Politicians seemed to care about speed skating surprisingly 

[heywoodu 15,337]

  On 2/21/2018 at 10:54 AM, thepharoah said:

Politicians seemed to care about speed skating surprisingly 

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One of the main Dutch parties has already submitted official questions about the earlier Dutch scandal  

[Dennis 746]

The expected  -  final in the women's team pursuit;  and  will fight for bronze.

[dcro 10,210]

Looks like USA had a smart strategy to use this race as a warm-up, based on their time.