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    Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

    in Speed Skating

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    2 hours ago, orangeman said:

    Nice sportsmanship by Verbij, but it's the rule.  He would have been DQed if he tried to carry on because Drubreuil had the right of way.  In any case, if they were even at that point and Drubreuil was going to the inside lane and ended up 2nd, there's no way Verrbij had a chance at the podium going to the outside lane.  

    Verbij stood no chance, there’s no doubt about that. However, he could have messed up Dubreuil’s race as well by trying trying to save his own, either by speeding up and unsuccessfully trying to change lanes hindering Dubreuil, or by only holding back at the end of the change over forcing Dubreuil to enter the corner in an unpleasant manner at such high speeds. 
     

    Both would’ve led to a disqualification of Verbij, but most likely also to Dubreuil finishing outside the podium places. 

    Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

    in Speed Skating

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    Tomorrow we have the men's 1.500m starting two hours later than the other races so far. This will probably be one of the most competitive distances with about 8 realistic favorites for the medals and even more outsiders. My prediction:

     

    1. :NED Thomas Krol
    2. :USA Joey Mantia
    3. :CHN Ning Zhongyan
    4. :KOR Kim Min-Seok
    5. :NED Kjeld Nuis
       
    6. :CAN Connor Howe
    7. :JPN Seitaro Ichinohe
    8. :NOR Allan Dahl Johansson
    9. :JPN Takuro Oda
    10. :NOR Peder Kongshaug
       
    11. :BEL Bart Swings
    12. :NOR Kristian Ulekleiv
    13. :ROC Daniil Aldoshkin 
    14. :USA Emery Lehman
    15. :ROC Sergey Trofimov 
       
    16. :BEL Mathias Vosté
    17. :KAZ Dmitry Morozov
    18. :GBR Cornelius Kersten
    19. :CHN Wang Haotian
    20. :USA Casey Dawson
       
    21. :CAN Tyson Langelaar
    22. :ITA Alessio Trentini
    23. :NED Marcel Bosker
    24. :CHN Lian Ziwen
    25. :KOR Park Seong-Hyeon
       
    26. :NZL Peter Michael
    27. :CAN Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu
    28. :LAT Haralds Silovs
    29. :ROC Ruslan Zakharov

     

     

    Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

    in Speed Skating

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    6 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

    Well, all this talk about Sven Kramer but Wust is probably the real GOAT of :NED speed skating. If the dominance continues I'd rather see new Dutch names out there. Antoinette de Jong must feel really stupid she can't beat the old vixen out! :p

    I agree! She’s the most successful speed skater in Olympic history. 
     

    Well, Femke Kok, Jutta Leerdam, Thomas Krol, Merijn Scheperkamp are all making their Olympic debuts and are favorites/outsiders for medals. 
     

    I think in either 2026 or 2030 we might see some Polish superstars as well, looking at the current juniors. Szymon Wojtakowski, Wiktoria Dabrowska and maybe Hanna Mazur can all win Olympic medals if they keep developing like this. 

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