Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[heywoodu 16,468]

No Olympic 1500m for reigning Olympic champion Jorien ter Mors.

 

Lotte van Beek makes it after a huge injury a few years ago 

[NearPup 4,188]

Does this result mean Achtereekte and Das are qualified?

 

Edit: to answer my own question, Achtereekte is officially qualified, Das still isn't.

Edited December 29, 2017 by NearPup

[Dennis 849]

3 minutes ago, Nate River said:

Does this result mean Achtereekte and Das are qualified?

According to the NOS, Achtereekte is sure. Das still has to wait. However, all big favorites have qualified and with the qualified athletes, we can build a good team for the team pursuit. So I doubt that Das won’t make it. 

 

If either Antoinette de Jong, Wüst or Achtereekte finishes top 2 tomorrow on the 5.000m, I think Letitia de Jong (Wüst’s girlfriend) will also qualify as #3 on the 500m. 

[heywoodu 16,468]

6 minutes ago, Nate River said:

Does this result mean Achtereekte and Das are qualified?

Achtereekte: yes

Das: mostly yes, in theory she could still be replaced by someone if the federation wants to do so, but that's highly unlikely

[heywoodu 16,468]

Holy crap, 1:07.64 for Nuis, a huge new 'sea level world record' 

 

Nice for him that he finally made it, after missing out on the Olympics the last two times (even though he was good enough to qualify in those seasons, he failed to be at his best at the right time)

[dcro 10,211]

Men's matrix already has 10 different names.

[heywoodu 16,468]

16 minutes ago, dcro said:

Men's matrix already has 10 different names.

Yep.

 

Kramer

De Vries

Nuis 

Bergsma

Verweij

Mulder

Verbij

Smeekens

Krol

Blokhuijsen

 

It seems quite likely that these are going to be the 10 headed to Pyeongchang (possibly no Krol if Verbij gets the 1000m spot, although Krol has a 1500m chance as well). 

[heywoodu 16,468]

Fantastic 6:56.41 for Annouk van der Weijden, only 4 women were ever faster in Heerenveen 

[heywoodu 16,468]

Esmee Visser 

 

Letitia de Jong goes out in tears because Achtereekte doesn't double up. 

[NearPup 4,188]

Cruel way for Letita de Jong to be bumped off the team. Still, she is definitively the least deserving of the 11 on the selection matrix.

 

Edit: Also I get Bergsma is going to get to do the 5000m anyway xD

Edited December 30, 2017 by NearPup