Dennis

I think this is the first one I took part in a prediction contest and I won 🙌 Thank you @Wumo for organizing and congrats to @Topicmaster1010 and @phelps as well!

Medal table: Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total Netherlands 5 1 2 8 South Korea 2 3 1 6 Italy 1 2 1 4 China 1 1 0 2 Canada 0 1 5 6 Belgium 0 1 0 1 Like last year in Montreal, only six different countries won at least one medal. Last year won 4 golden medals (all by Shaoang Liu) and won 1 silver medal, whereas and (not participating) won no medals. Home nation ended with the lowest number of gold medals since 2001.

Today's results: Women's 1.000m: Xandra Velzeboer Choi Minjeong Courtney Sarault Claudia Gagnon Suzanne Schulting (PEN in A-final) Hanne Desmet (B-final) Kim Gilli (B-final) Kamila Stormowska (B-final) Arianna Sighel (B-final) Kim Boutin (B-final) Men's 1.000m: Park Ji Won Stijn Desmet Steven Dubois Hong Kyung Hwan Pietro Sighel Kazuki Yoshinaga (B-final) Jens van 't Wout (B-final) Brendan Corey (B-final) Lee June Seo (B-final) Roberts Kruzbergs (PEN in semi-final) Mixed team relay: Netherlands China Italy Belgium South Korea (B-final) Poland (B-final) United States of America (B-final) Canada (B-final) Hungary (Quarterfinals) Kazakhstan (Quarterfinals) Women's relay: Netherlands South Korea Canada Italy Hungary (B-final) Japan (B-final) Poland (B-final) United States of America (B-final) China (Quarterfinals) Kazakhstan (Quarterfinals) Men's relay: China Italy South Korea Canada Japan (B-final) Netherlands (B-final) Hungary (B-final) Poland (B-final) Kazakhstan (Quarterfinals) United States of America (Quarterfinals)

Looking forward to - tonight in group A and - in group B

Yeah, Norway dominating as expected, but still an interesting race though with nice tactics.

Today's results on the individual distances: Women's 1.500m: Suzanne Schulting Choi Minjeong Kim Boutin Hanne Desmet Courtney Sarault Kristen Santos-Griswold Corinne Stoddard Kim Gilli (B-final) Claudia Gagnon (B-final) Zang Yize (B-final) Men's 1.500m: Park Ji Won Pietro Sighel Pascal Dion Jens van 't Wout Sjinkie Knegt Brendan Corey Rino Vanhooren Steven Dubois (Penalty in A-final) Stijn Desmet (B-final) Lee June Seo (B-final) Women's 500m: Xandra Velzeboer Suzanne Schulting Selma Poutsma Rikki Doak Corinne Stoddard Nikola Mazur (B-final) Arianna Valcepina (B-final) Arianna Sighel (B-final) Kim Boutin (B-final, DNS) Hanne Desmet (Semifinals, PEN) Men's 500m: Pietro Sighel Steven Dubois Jens van 't Wout Denis Nikisha Lin Xiaojun (Penalty in A-final) Maxime Laoun (B-final) Kyung Hwan Hong (B-final) June Seo Lee (B-final) Stijn Desmet (B-final) Lukasz Kuczynski (B-final)

Is Sighel the first ever male World Champion for Italy in short track speed skating?

A podium sweep for the Dutch women on the 500m in South Korea

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Women's 1500m Day 1 March 11th 2023 Hanne Desmet x Claudia Gagnon Courtney Sarault Renee Marie Steenge Any Chinese Athlete Anna Seidel Arianna Sighel Olga Tikhonova Selma Poutsma Suzanne Schulting x Xandra Velzeboer Choi Minjeong Kim Gilli Shim Suk Hee x Kristen Santos-Griswold Any Other Athlete Men's 1500m Day 1 March 11th 2023 Brendan Corey Stijn Desmet x Pascal Dion Any Other Canadian Athlete Any Chinese Athlete Pietro Sighel Nurtilek Kazhgali Reinis Berzins Friso Emons Sjinkie Knegt Jens van 't Wout Hong Kyung Hwan x Park Ji Won x Any Other Korean Athlete Any Other Athlete Women's 500m Day 1 March 11th 2023 Kim Boutin x Rikki Doak Petra Jaszapati Selma Poutsma Suzanne Schulting x Xandra Velzeboer x Natalia Maliszewska Nikola Mazur Choi Minjeong Seo Whimin Any Other Korean Athlete Kristen Santos-Griswold Corinne Stoddard Any Other Athlete Men's 500m Day 1 March 11th 2023 Stijn Desmet Steven Dubois Maxime Laoun Any Other Canadian Athlete Lin Xiaojun x Zhong Yuchen Pietro Sighel Any Japanese Athlete Abzal Azhgaliyev Denis Nikisha x Jens van 't Wout Any Other Dutch Athlete Diane Sellier Lim Yong Jin x Any Other Korean Athlete Any Other Athlete Women's 1000m Day 2 March 12th 2023 Hanne Desmet x Kim Boutin x Courtney Sarault Zhang Chutong Anna Seidel Selma Poutsma Suzanne Schulting x Xandra Velzeboer Kim Gilli Shim Suk Hee Any Other Korean Athlete Kristen Santos-Griswold Corinne Stoddard Any Other Athlete Men's 1000m Day 2 March 12th 2023 Pascal Dion Steven Dubois x Any Other Canadian Athlete Any Chinese Athlete Quentin Fercoq Adil Galiakhmetov Roberts Kruzbergs Jens van 't Wout x Any Other Dutch Athlete Hong Kyung Hwan Park Ji Won x Any Other Korean Athlete Furkan Akar Any Other Athlete Mixed 2000m Relay Day 2 March 12th 2023 Canada x China Hungary Italy Netherlands x Poland South Korea x Any Other Nation Women's 3000m Relay Day 2 March 12th 2023 Canada x China Hungary Italy Netherlands x Poland South Korea x Any Other Nation Men's 5000m Relay Day 2 March 12th 2023 Canada x China x Hungary Italy Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands South Korea x Any Other Nation [/hide]

Very impressive race and deserved winner The gap between Ghiotto and Bergsma is 14.2 seconds and with Bloemen even 20.4 seconds

What a great podium

Jordan Stolz

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Women's 3000m Day 1 March 2nd 2023 Ivanie Blondin Valerie Maltais Isabelle Weidemann Any Chinese Athlete Martina Sablikova X Ayano Sato Nadezhda Morozova Joy Beune Antoinette Rijpma-De Jong X Irene Schouten Ragne Wiklund X Magdalena Czyszczon Any Other Athlete Men's 5000m Day 1 March 2nd 2023 Bart Swings Graeme Fish Davide Ghiotto X Andrea Giovannini Ryosuke Tsuchiya Any Japanese Athlete Sander Eitrem X Sigurd Henriksen Any Other Norwgian Athlete Jorrit Bergsma Marcel Bosker Patrick Roest X Any American Athlete Any Other Athlete Women's Team Sprint Day 1 March 2nd 2023 Canada X China Germany Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands X Poland United States X Any Other Nation Men's Team Sprint Day 1 March 2nd 2023 Canada X China Germany Kazakhstan Netherlands X Norway X Poland United States Any Other Nation Women's Team Pursuit Day 2 March 3rd 2023 Canada X China Germany Japan X Netherlands X Poland Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Men's Team Pursuit Day 2 March 3rd 2023 Canada Denmark Italy Japan Netherlands X Norway X South Korea United States X Any Other Nation Men's 500m Day 2 March 3rd 2023 Laurent Dubreuil X Christopher Fiola David Bosa Takuya Morimoto Wataru Morishige Yuma Murakami X Dal Dal N'tab Hein Otterspeer Merijin Scheperkamp Any Polish Athlete Jun-ho Kim Jordan Stolz X Any Other Athlete Women's 500m Day 2 March 3rd 2023 Vanessa Herzog X Any Canadian Athlete Any Chinese Athlete Kurumi Inagawa Konami Soga Miho Takagi Yekaterina Aydova Michelle de Jong Femke Kok Jutta Leerdam X Min-sun Kim X Kimi Goetz Erin Jackson Any Other Athlete Men's 1000m Day 3 March 4th 2023 Laurent Dubreuil Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu Zhongyan Ning Marten Liiv David Bosa Ryota Kojima Kazuya Yamada Masaya Yamada Thomas Krol Kjeld Nuis X Hein Otterspeer X Haavard Holmefjord Lorentzen Damian Zurek Jordan Stolz X Any Other Athlete Women's 1000m Day 3 March 4th 2023 Vanessa Herzog Ivanie Blondin Qishi Li Ellia Smeding Miho Takagi X Yekaterina Aydova Michelle de Jong Jutta Leerdam X Antoinette Rijpma-De Jong Karolina Bosiek Min-sun Kim Brittany Bowe X Kimi Goetz Erin Jackson Any Other Athlete Men's Mass Start Day 3 March 4th 2023 Gabriel Odor Bart Swings X Connor Howe Hayden Mayeur Any Danish Athlete Felix Maly Felix Rijhnen Andrea Giovannini X Peter Michael Jorrit Bergsma Harm Visser Jae Won Chung Seung-hoon Lee Livio Wenger Ethan Cepuran Any Other Athlete X Women's Mass Start Day 3 March 4th 2023 Sandrine Tas Ivanie Blondin X Valerie Maltais Binyu Yang Michelle Uhrig Laura Peveri Momoka Horkawa Sumire Kikuchi Marijke Groenewoud X Irene Schouten X Any Polish Athlete Ji-woo Park Any Swiss Athlete Mia Kilburg Any Other Athlete Men's 1500m Day 4 March 5th 2023 Bart Swings Connor Howe Tyson Langelaar Zhongyan Ning Taiyo Nonomura Kazuya Yamada Masaya Yamada Thomas Krol Kjeld Nuis X Patrick Roest Allan Dahl Johansson Sander Eitrem X Any Other Norwegian Athlete Jordan Stolz X Any Other Athlete Women's 1500m Day 4 March 5th 2023 Ivanie Blondin Beatrice Lamarche Mei Han Qishi Li Ayano Sato Miho Takagi X Yekaterina Aydova Nadezhda Morozova Marijke Groenewoud Jutta Leerdam Antoinette Rijpma-De Jong X Ragne Wiklund X Brittany Bowe Kimi Goetz Any Other Nation Men's 10000m Day 4 March 5th 2023 Bart Swings Ted-Jan Bloemen Graeme Fish Davide Ghiotto X Seitaro Ichinohe Ryosuke Tsuchiya Jorrit Bergsma X Patrick Roest X Sander Eitrem Sigurd Henriksen Casey Dawson Any Other Athlete Women's 5000m Day 4 March 5th 2023 Ivanie Blondin Isabelle Weidemann Martina Sablikova X Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nadezhda Morozova Ragne Wiklund X Marijke Groenewoud Sanne in 't Hof Irene Schouten X Ragne Wiklund Magdalena Czyszczon Any Other Athlete [/hide]

The 2022-2023 World Cup season is over. Today the last races of the World Cup season were contested in Poland. These are the very last final standings in the World Cup for this season: Women's 1.000m: Miho Takagi (301 points) Jutta Leerdam (300 points) Kimi Goetz (290 points) Min-Sun Kim (228 points) Vanessa Herzog (219 points) Jutta Leerdam won 5 out of the 6 races, skipped one race and then finishes 2nd in the final standings because Miho Takagi consistently finished high (3rd, 2nd, 4th, 2nd, 2nd and 3rd place). Men's 1.000m: Hein Otterspeer (283 points) Laurent Dubreuil (231 points) Jordan Stolz (217 points) Thomas Krol (211 points) Ryota Kojima (209 points) Women's Mass Start: Ivanie Blondin (435 points) Marijke Groenewoud (424 points) Laura Peveri (411 points) Mia Kilburg (408 points) Irene Schouten (345 points) Men's Mass Start: Bart Swings (435 points) Andrea Giovannini (416 points) Bart Hoolwerf (360 points) Livio Wenger (360 points) Jae Won Chung (352 points)

These are the final standings in the World Cup standings after the final race of the season was held today: Women's 1.500m: Miho Takagi (330 points) Ragne Wiklund (278 points) Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong (256 points) Nadezhda Morozova (243 points) Ivanie Blondin (233 points) Men's 500m: Laurent Dubreuil (314 points) Yuma Murakami (294 points) Wataru Morishige (268 points) Jun-Ho Kim (215 points) Jordan Stolz (215 points) Men's long distances (5.000m / 10.000m): Beau Snellink (290 points) Patrick Roest (288 points) Sander Eitrem (268 points) Davide Ghiotto (262 points) Bart Swings (240 points) Women's team sprint: United States of America (168 points) Canada (162 points) China (127 points) Japan (123 points) Poland (121 points)