Dennis

1-2-3-4-5 on the women's 500m, which used to be our worst distance for many years

The question is if they skated the full 16 laps or only 15.

Since the 1990s, the Dutch Olympic Committee has treated sport like a business. Funding is directed toward disciplines with real medal potential (sailing, rowing, (track) cycling, hockey) rather than being spread thin across every sport. These sports that receive the most funding also happen to not be among the most popular Olympic sports if you look on a global scale, so less competition. Sports that we’re not particularly good at but where the competition is high, such as badminton and table tennis get no funding, whereas breakdance, darts and freerunning did get some funding this year. At the same time, I think sports seemed to have become less important in the eyes of the governments of other (mainly Eastern European) countries such the former Soviet countries, Cuba, Romania and Bulgaria. As larger nations such as Russia and Germany restructured their sports systems after the Cold War, the Netherlands really invested in world-class facilities like Papendal and built expertise in these more niche Olympic sports. At Papendal for example, the Netherlands has built strong links between universities, scientists, and sports federations, turning athletes into data-driven projects focused on small gains. So yes, funding has increased, but mainly for the more niche sports that we have medal chances in. I think the investments in facilities like Papendal and having a lot of the top athletes and talents be centralized at those facilities where they can live, train and go to school, play a much bigger role.

Thank you for noticing. I used the results from the European Athletics website, but I noticed they adjusted the results. I've updated the table to reflect the final results.

Congrats to Italy! Good tournament for , winning 8 events, but definitely lacking in the field events compared to the top 3 countries, making it impossible to finish on the podium. Some breakdowns, showing that Italy is the deserved winner as the most allround country during these championships. It also shows that the top 3 countries dominated the field events, whereas the track events were much closer. Country Total Points Track Events Field Events Men Women 431.5 252 [1] 179.5 [1] 207 [1] 209.5 [1] 405.5 237 [5] 168.5 [3] 185 [5] 204.5 [2] 397 220 [6] 177 [2] 192 [4] 195 [4] 384.5 242 [2] 142.5 [6] 176 [6] 197.5 [3] 381 239 [=3] 142 [7] 195 [2] 172 [=6] 378 239 [=3] 139 [9] 193 [3] 172 [=6] 354.5 210 [7] 144.5 [5] 169 [7] 173.5 [5] 300 174 [9] 126 [12] 143 [=9] 157 [8] 288.5 150 [10] 138.5 [10] 137.5 [11] 143 [10] 286 193 [8] 93 [16] 136 [12] 150 [9] 283 142 [12] 141 [8] 159.5 [8] 120.5 [12] 253 115 [14] 138 [11] 105.5 [14] 142.5 [11] 244.5 143 [11] 101.5 [13] 118.5 [13] 117 [13] 231 83 [15] 148 [4] 143 [=9] 82 [16] 220.5 131 [13] 89.5 [16] 103 [15] 110.5 [14] 178.5 79 [16] 99.5 [14] 75 [16] 99.5 [15]

is a bit of a surprise, was never in doubt

About 4 years now

The Dutch commentators said that the Polish team filed a protest

ISU World Short Track Championships 2025 - Beijing Mixed 2.000m Relay: 01. (Kim Boutin, Florence Brunelle, William Dandjinou, Steven Dubois) 02. (Chiara Betti, Gloria Ioriatti, Thomas Nadalini, Pietro Sighel) 03. (Natalia Maliszewska, Michal Niewinski, Diane Sellier, Kamila Stormowska) Women's 1.500m: 01. Choi Minjeong 02. Courtney Sarault 03. Kim Gilli Men's 1.000m: 01. Steven Dubois 02. William Dandjinou 03. Pietro Sighel Women's 500m: 01. Xandra Velzeboer 02. Rikki Doak 03. Natalia Maliszewska Men's 5.000m Relay: 01. (William Dandjinou, Steven Dubois, Maxime Laoun, Felix Roussel) 02. (Li Wenlong, Liu Guanyi, Liu Shaoang, Sun Long) 03. (Jang Sungwoo, Kim Gun Woo, Lee Jung Su, Park Jiwon)

Fun fact: all individual winners today (Dandjinou, Desmet, Dubois) were also the winners of those distances at Stage 5 of the World Tour in Tilburg.

ISU World Short Track Championships 2025 - Beijing Men's 1.500m: 01. William Dandjinou 02. Stijn Desmet 03. Liu Shaoang Women's 1.000m: 01. Hanne Desmet 02. Courtney Sarault 03. Xandra Velzeboer Men's 500m: 01. Steven Dubois 02. Denis Nikisha 03. Jens van 't Wout Women's 3.000m Relay 01. Canada 02. Poland 03. the Netherlands

Bos! First gold for at a Skeleton World Championships

ISU World Tour 2024/25 - Milan (Stage 6/6) Final Overall World Tour Classification - Women: 01. Kristen Santos-Griswold - 1120 points 02. Xandra Velzeboer - 950 points 03. Corinne Stoddard - 948 points 04. Hanne Desmet - 918 points 05. Choi Minjeong - 760 points 06. Kim Gilli - 713 points 07. Danae Blais - 540 points 08. Florence Brunelle - 518 points 09. Elisa Confortola - 496 points 10. Arianna Fontana - 493 points Final Overall World Tour Classification - Men: 01. William Dandjinou - 1184 points 02. Jens van 't Wout - 950 points 03. Pietro Sighel - 764 points 04. Steven Dubois - 740 points 05. Miyata Shogo - 614 points 06. Park Jiwon - 606 points 07. Roberts Kruzbergs - 595 points 08. Jang Sungwoo - 512 points 09. Sun Long - 472 points 10. Jordan Pierre-Gilles - 434 points Final Overall World Tour Classification - Nations: 01. Canada - 8731 points 02. the Netherlands - 6919 points 03. Italy - 6184 points 04. South Korea - 6015 points 05. China - 5135 points 06. United States of America - 4589 points 07. Japan - 3500 points 08. Poland - 3187 points 09. Belgium - 2668 points 10. Kazakhstan - 2182 points

ISU World Tour 2024/25 - Milan (Stage 6/6) Men's 5.000m Relay: 01. Italy 02. Canada 03. Kazakhstan Final Men's 5.000m Relay World Cup Classification 2024/2025: 01. Canada - 400 points 02. China - 390 points 03. Italy - 360 points 04. the Netherlands - 336 points 05. South Korea - 304 points 06. Japan - 264 points 07. Kazakhstan - 234 points 08. Belgium - 220 points 09. United States of America - 172 points 10. Great Britain - 168 points & (host country) qualified for the World Championships

ISU World Tour 2024/25 - Milan (Stage 6/6) Women's 500m: 01. Kristen Santos-Griswold 02. Arianna Fontana 03. Xandra Velzeboer Final Women's 500m World Cup Classification 2024/2025: 01. Kristen Santos-Griswold - 410 points 02. Xandra Velzeboer - 398 points 03. Florence Brunelle - 360 points 04. Hanne Desmet - 256 points 05. Michelle Velzeboer - 242 points 06. Kim Boutin - 218 points 07. Choi Minjeong - 208 points 08. Corinne Stoddard - 194 points 09. Arianna Fontana - 184 points 10. Kim Gilli - 176 points