Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[dcro 10,210]

That was good for Mantia.

[dcro 10,210]

Liiv secured the best Estonian speed skating result since 1928.

[dcro 10,210]

If I had a nickel for every time the commentator said: "Wall of noise is pushing the Koreans!"...

[thepharoah 2,405]

Gold for the Netherlands 

[juddy96 171]

Nuis! Netherlands too good

[hckošice 14,899]

Men´s 1000m

 

1. Kjeld Nuis 1:07.95, 2. Havard Lorentzen 1:07.99, 3. Kim Tae-Yun 1:08.22

 

Full Results HERE

 

[dcro 10,210]

Looks like they introduced semifinals in the mass starts.

 

As if 24 is too much... Oh well, it will be a lot less interesting with smaller fields.

[heywoodu 15,174]

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

Looks like they introduced semifinals in the mass starts.

 

Wonderful! I mean, this event is already way too long, it should be maybe 4 laps, and the fields are way too big! Four laps with five or six athletes would make it even more urban!

 

[Dimast 88]

Of course, Holland is cool. When the IOC removed the world record holders and the entire Russian team. It turned out an open championship of the Netherlands. 500 meters, 1000 meters and 1500 meters were supposed to win Kulizhnikov and Yuskov.

[Shiffrin 33]

1 hour ago, Dimast said:

Of course, Holland is cool. When the IOC removed the world record holders and the entire Russian team. It turned out an open championship of the Netherlands. 500 meters, 1000 meters and 1500 meters were supposed to win Kulizhnikov and Yuskov.

Disappointing for sure with Ahn as well, but if their samples were tempered with in Sochi as reported, IOC had no choice.