Dennis

No, not really. Nuis missed the World Cup qualification tournament 3 weeks ago, because he got a groin injury a couple days before. So Nuis couldn't compete and therefore didn't qualify for these World Cups. However, the national skating federation decided to give him a chance this week over a skater who qualified. Some analysts and journalists were questioning publicly if Nuis would have the level to compete against the best here, only a couple of weeks after his injury. Guess this was a sign to them to shut up.

Yesterday Marten Liiv won bronze on the men’s 1.000m in Heerenveen

Schouten lost her winning streak on the 3.000m as the home favorite WIklund wins with yet again a convincing margin over the #2.

And another very convincing win, this time for Kim, with a 0.51 lead over 500 meters.

What a win from the 18 year old. A margin of 1.76 seconds to the number 2 is insane.

I posted about it a few weeks ago in the World Cup thread. Seeing the website I found the article on, I would have expected that more sources reported on it in China.

By the way, Anna Seidel also skated faster (1:26.162) than the old record in the same heat as Schulting.

Schulting also improved her own WR on the 1.000m. She improved it from 1:26,514 to 1:25,958.

Overall World Cup standings after 1/6 World Cup events: 01. Steven Dubois (180) 02. Hong Kyung Hwan (150) 03. Pascal Dion (144) 03. Park Ji Won (144) 05. Roberts Kruzbergs (136) 06. Jordan Pierre-Gilles (120) 07. Teun Boer (114) 07. Kim Tae Sung (114) 09. Pietro Sighel (102) 10. Maxime Laoun (96)

Final results men's 1.000m (2): Pascal Dion Hong Kyung Hwan Kim Tae Sung Reinis Berzins (Penalty in A-Final) Maxime Laoun (Penalty in A-Final) Park Ji Won Andrea Cassinelli Sebastien Lepape Friso Emons Andrew Heo

Relay results: Women: Men:

She's strong, but if Boutin gets back to her best shape again, Velzeboer gets some more experience in international finals, and Choi Minjeong will improve throughout the season like she normally does, I think we're up for a very exciting post-Olympic season.

Overall World Cup standings after 1/6 World Cup events: 01. Suzanne Schulting (200) 01. Xandra Velzeboer (200) 03. Kim Gilli (150) 03. Shim Suk Hee (150) 05. Choi Minjeong (140) 06. Seo Whimin (120) 07. Natalia Maliszewska (108) 08. Kim Geon Hee (96) 09. Hanne Desmet (94) 10. Zhang Chutong (90)

Final results women's 1.000m (2): Suzanne Schulting Choi Minjeong Kim Gilli Kim Geon Hee Zhang Chutong Hanne Desmet Anna Seidel Courtney Sarault Xu Aili Hirai Ami

Schulting holding back all three Koreans in the final of the 1.000m. Perfect score for the Dutch women so far winning all four individual events!

Final result men's 500m: Steven Dubois Lee June Seo Pietro Sighel Jordan Pierre-Gilles Mathieu Pelletier Teun Boer Abzal Azhgaliyev Roberts Kruzbergs Miyata Shogo Denis Nikisha

Final result women's 500m: Xandra Velzeboer Natalia Maliszewska Shim Suk Hee Danae Blais Seo Whimin Nikola Mazur Michelle Velzeboer Renee Marie Steenge Gong Li Corinne Stoddard

Velzeboer dominating the women's 500m, finishing every round miles ahead of the competition

Finals: Final A: Dion, Kim, Berzins, Hong, Laoun Final B: Lepape, Heo, Park, Emons, Cassinelli Obviously rooting for Berzins here. Maybe the second Latvian skater to win a medal this weekend?

Finals: Final A: Choi, Kim Gilli, Schulting, Zhang, Kim Geon Hee Final B: Sarault, Desmet, Seidel, Hirai, Xu All Korean skaters in the same final will make it hard for Schulting and Zhang to do something.

Finals: Final A: Dubois, Pelletier, Sighel, Lee, Pierre-Gilles Final B: Miyata, Boer, Kruzbergs, Azhgaliyev Penalty for Nikisha

Finals: Final A: X. Velzeboer, Maliszewska, Blais, Shim, Seo Final B: Steenge, Velzeboer, Gong, Mazur, Stoddard

Men's 1.000m (2) semi-finals: Heat 1: Hong, Laoun, Cassinelli, Kim, Heo Heat 2: Dion, Berzins, Park, Lepape, Emons

Women's 1.000m (2) semi-finals: Heat 1: Schulting, Desmet, Hirai, Kim Geon Hee, Seidel Heat 2: Choi, Zhang, Xu, Sarault, Kim Gilli

Men's 500m semi-finals: Heat 1: Dubois, Sighel, Nikisha, Miyata, Pelletier Heat 2: Azhgaliyev, Kruzbergs, Lee, Boer, Pierre-Gilles