Dennis

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.

Krol! Also very happy for Dubreuil and Lorentzen! Surprising podium. and also in the top 10

You’re right. Forgot about that one.

It took until the very last event of this short track tournament for to win their first short track gold medal of the games.

Jackson!

Takagi and Herzog both incredibly fast so early in the competition.

What a dominant race by the Dutch!

Bos!

on the podium

Schulting! And a medal for

China advanced because they fell. What a joke. China will win gold in the mens relay, even if they would have to disqualify all other teams.

Ghiotto missed the birth of his daughter in Italy so he could skate the 10k during the World Cup in Stavanger, which was his only option to qualify for the 10k today in Beijing. Must have been tough for him. Great to see Davide win the bronze medal here.

Van der Poel! Ghiotto also on the podium!

Even if she can defend her title in front of her friends and family?! Congrats to Italy btw

on top of the medal table for at least a few minutes

Kongshaug in 4th is probably the biggest surprise

The Americans are disappointing again. Dawson has an excuse as he only arrived in Beijing this morning, but skaters like Bowe and Mantia are underperforming. Not the first time this happens at the Olympics.

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: Thomas Krol Joey Mantia Ning Zhongyan Kim Min-Seok Kjeld Nuis Connor Howe Seitaro Ichinohe Allan Dahl Johansson Takuro Oda Peder Kongshaug Bart Swings Kristian Ulekleiv Daniil Aldoshkin Emery Lehman Sergey Trofimov Mathias Vosté Dmitry Morozov Cornelius Kersten Wang Haotian Casey Dawson Tyson Langelaar Alessio Trentini Marcel Bosker Lian Ziwen Park Seong-Hyeon Peter Michael Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Haralds Silovs Ruslan Zakharov

China won gold and silver.

Koreans are being robbed here. How surprising in China

Akar to the semis

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.

After this season hahaha She’s 35 now, she was 19 when she won her first Olympic Gold.

And a bronze medal for De Jong after such a disappointing 3.000m

Wüst: 2006: 3.000m Gold 2010: 1.500m Gold 2014: 3.000m Gold 2018: 1.500m Gold 2022: 1.500m Gold The most successful Olympian in Dutch History.