Dennis

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Nah....Visser, Sablikova and Queen Voldemort* will go faster  

 

 

*just kidding, no need for anyone to get in a spasm

 

You think all three will go faster? I have my doubts about Sablikova.

Excited for tomorrow! This will be one of the most open 5km in a while, with Sablikova not being as good as she has been in the last decade, but still being one of the favorites.

No medal for Kramer? Probably bronze for  

2 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

I doubt that they will win women's 500 m, women's team pursuit should also be difficult and let's see about mass start.

I agree, on the women's side, the remaining 4 events are actually a bit more open.

1.  is the favorite on the team pursuit as they train a lot together, whereas the Dutch girls don't train together.
2. I would be surprised with any Dutch medal on the mass start. Schouten, our main contender, has not been in good shape recently on the long track. She does a little better in marathons.
3. The 5k is a bit more open. Esmee Visser will make her debut and impressed me a lot this year and unexpectedly won the 3.000m at the European Championships, but the Dutch women have never been very dominant in this distance.
4. Women's 500m: no chance for gold, Jorien ter Mors is nothing more than an outsider for the bronze, but I would be surprised with any medal in this event, especially with Sang-Hwa Lee and Nao Kodaira taking part. And Jorien ter Mors won the 1.000m based on her last lap, not on her opening or first lap, as many women were faster than her after 600m.

On the men's side there are favorites on every distance. However, our main contender on the mass start is Koen Verweij and we all saw how he 'failed' on the 1.500m yesterday. Sven Kramer will be the other contender, but he will only take part to help Koen Verweij as much as possible and does not see it as one of his main events, unlike the 5.000m, 10.000m and team pursuit.

What an unexpected medal for Yara van Kerkhof!

8 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

Not at the winter olympics, but women's modern pentathlon at 2016 olympics for example:

1) Australia (Oceania)

2) France (Europe)

3) Poland

4) Germany

5) GB

6) Ireland

7) Italy

8) GB

9) Kazakhstan (Asia)

10) Mexico (South America)

 

So now we know which sports are the most competitive at summer and winter olympics ...

Of course I'm not saying that speed skating is the most competitive sport, but since Sochi there has been a lot of discussion about the Dutch 'dominance' in speed skating. In this distance that's a valid argument as has won 37 medals at the World Single Distance Championships. The second best country is with 4 medals.

Now at the Winter Olympic Games, the biggest competition in the world where everyone is trying to peak, we see that athletes from so many different countries and continents can fight for the medals and top 10 spots. In 2010 the top 10 consisted of athletes from 6 countries (2 continents) and in 2014 there were athletes from 5 countries all from Europe in the top 10. I think that what we saw today is a great result for the sport. These are Sven Kramer's final WOG, so I'm curious to see how this will develop in the next Olympic cycle.

Kramer won the 5.000m at every big event he took part in since the 2006 WOG.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018 Winter Olympic Games	Kramer	Bloemen	Pedersen
2017 World Championships	Kramer	Bergsma	Michael
2016 World Championships	Kramer	Bergsma	Pedersen
2015 World Championships	Kramer	Bergsma	De Vries
2014 Winter Olympic Games	Kramer	Blokhuijsen	Bergsma
2013 World Championships	Kramer	Bergsma	Skobrev
2012 World Championships	Kramer	De Jong	Kuck
2011 World Championships*	De Jong	Lee	Skobrev
2010 Winter Olympic Games	Kramer	Lee	Skobrev
2009 World Championships	Kramer	Bøkko	Marsicano
2008 World Championships	Kramer	Fabris	Olde Heuvel
2007 World Championships	Kramer	Fabris	Verheijen
2006 Winter Olympic Games	Hedrick	Kramer	Fabris

* Kramer took a sabbatical from skating of a year after the 2010 WOG.

Nine different countries in the top 10:  

Name another event at the Winter Olympic Games with athletes from 9 different countries and 4 different continents finishing in the top 10.

Just now, ofan said:

So, technically two Dutch athletes on the podium

Bloemen only became really successful after moving to Canada and training there. 

Kramer!  

5th Dutch medal at these Olympics

2 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Where he do it?

One of the first laps. It was really close.

Pedersen might be disqualified for that change-over.

Draw women's 3.000m (Saturday):

Pairs:

01.  Ida NJATUN -  KIM Bo-Reum

02.  Nikola ZDRAHALOVA -  LIU Jing

03.  Luiza ZLOTKOWSKA -  Ayano SATO

04.  Katarzyna BACHLEDA-CURUS -  Roxanne DUFTER

05.  Carlijn ACHTEREEKTE -  Karolina BOSIEK

06.  Francesca LOLLOBRIGIDA -  HAO Jiachen

07.  Carlijn SCHOUTENS -  Brianne TUTT

08.  Maryna ZUYEVA -  Ayaka KIKUCHI

09.  Isabelle WEIDEMANN -  Ireen WUST

10.  Claudia PECHSTEIN -  Ivanie BLONDIN

11.  Antoinette DE JONG -  Miho TAKAGI

12. Natalia VORONINA -   Martina SABLIKOVA

@hckosice This is the final start list.  Oshigiri,  Manganello,  Van der Weijden,  Li are not on the final start list, whereas  Kim is.

Looking at the season so far, there are no clear favorites for this event. The favorites are in the 4 final pairs, though. Many women who can win a medal, so this could be an exciting first speed skating event.

20 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Oh fantastic, our luck. 

And Kiki Bertens won’t play. 

1 hour ago, Nate River said:

 indeed!

Today's results:

Women's 1.000m:

Gold:  Arianna Fontana

Silver:  Suzanne Schulting

Bronze:  Anna Seidel

Men's 1.000m:

Gold:  Sjinkie Knegt

SIlver:  Semen Elistratov

Bronze:  Roberto Pukitis

Women's 3.000m SF:

Gold:  Sofia Prosvirnova

Silver:  Arianna Fontana

Bronze:  Suzanne Schulting

Men's 3.000m SF:

Gold:  Vladislav Bykanov

Silver:  Thibaut Fauconnet

Bronze:  Sebastien Lepape

Women's overall classification:

Gold:  Arianna Fontana

Silver:  Martina Valcepina

Bronze:  Sofia Prosvirnova

Men's overall classification:

Gold:  Sjinkie Knegt

SIlver:  Vladislav Bykanov

Bronze:  Semen Elistratov

Women's relay:

Gold:

Silver:

Bronze:

Men's relay:

Gold:

Silver:  

Bronze:  

Medal table:

 05 + 02 + 01 = 08

 04 + 03 + 00 = 07

 02 + 04 + 03 = 09

 01 + 01 + 01 = 03

 00 + 01 + 03 = 04

 00 + 01 + 02 = 03

 00 + 00 + 01 = 01

 00 + 00 + 01 = 01

 Arianna Fontana's 7th individual European Championships' title, for  Sjinkie Knegt this is his 3rd title.

 Sjinkie Knegt won the 500m, 1.000m & 1.500m 

19 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Ammann with his best result in years! First podium since March 2015

Ready just in time to snatch 2 more gold medals at the Olympics 

Blokhuijsen won after all, Giovannini 2nd, Zakharov 3rd.

Too bad, would have loved to see a skater from  win gold in speed skating.

Just now, Gianlu33 said:

Nope, mass start are always update whit big delay

Aah okay, still, the women's results were on there pretty quickly after the competition, even though there were more participants.

Still no official results on the ISU results page, which are normally updated during the competition.

Draw Ladies 3.000m:

1.  Eliska Drimalova -  Gloria Malfatti
2.  Natálie Kerschbaummayr -  Sofie Karoline Haugen
3.  Esmee Visser -  Camilla Lund
4.  Katarzyna Bachleda-Curus -  Olga Graf
5.  Luiza Zlotkowska -  Roxane Dufter
6.  Nikola Zdráhalova -  Saskia Alusalu
7.  Francesca Lollobrigida -  Karolina Bosiek
8.  Annouk van der Weijden -  Anna Yurakova
9.  Natalia Voronina -  Carlijn Achtereekte

Draw Men 5.000m:

1.  Linus Heidegger -  Fredrik van der Horst
2.  Sebastian Druszkiewicz -  Magnus Bakken Haugli
3.  Hallgeir Engebråten -  Jordan McMillen
4.  Davide Ghiotto -  Adrian Wielgat
5.  Simon Schouten -  Jan Szymanski
6.  Vitaly Mikhailov -  Alexander Rumyantsev
7.  Danila Semerikov -  Nicola Tumolero
8.  Andrea Giovannini -  Marcel Bosker
9.  Danil Sinitsyn -  Jan Blokhuijsen

Draw Ladies 1.000m:

1.  Natálie Kerschbaummayr -  Rikke Jeppsson
2.  Andzelika Wójcik -  Eliska Drimalova
3.  Elina Risku -  Tatsiana Mikhailava
4.  Francesca Bettrone -  Katarzyna Wozniak
5.  Martine Ripsrud -  Anne Gulbrandsen
6.  Gabriele Hirschbichler -  Yvonne Daldossi
7.  Lotte van Beek -  Natalia Czerwonka
8.  Daria Kachanova -  Michelle Uhrig
9.  Marrit Leenstra -  Karolina Erbanova
10.  Vanessa Herzog -  Yekaterina Shikhova
11.  Olga Fatkulina -  Letitia de Jong

Draw Men 1.000m:

1.  Samuli Suomalainen -  Runar Njåtun Krøyer
2.  Johann Jørgen Sæves -  Oliver Grob
3.  Zbigniew Bródka -  Joel Dufter
4.  Mathias Vosté -  Pekka Koskela
5.  David Andersson -  Henrik Fagerli Rukke
6.  Nico Ihle -  Alexey Yesin
7.  Haralds Silovs -  Sebastian Klosinski
8.  Marten Liiv -  Piotr Michalski
9.  Pavel Kulizhnikov -  Mika Poutala
10.  Denis Yuskov -  Thomas Krol
11.  Koen Verweij -  Hein Otterspeer

8 hours ago, Nate River said:

So Erin Jackson qualified for the US women's Olympic team. In case you don't recognize the name, well, she started speed skating four months ago. She achieved the ISU qualifying standard time at trials, too (and trials in Milwaukee, not Salt Lake). She is a world champion in inline speed skating and, clearly, she has potential.

I've never heard of her before, but I love it when athletes from different disciplines try long track speed skating and are successful at it, such as Jorien ter Mors and Chad Hedrick. So I'm excited to see how she can grow even more in the next month and what she can do at the Olympics. 

Medals after Day 1:

 2 + 1 + 2 = 5

 1 + 2 + 1 = 4

 1 + 0 + 0 = 1

 0 + 1 + 0 = 1

 0 + 0 + 1 = 1

Not only by looking at the medals, but by looking at the top 10 places per distance, we can see that  and  are miles ahead of the rest at this tournament.

Today we saw athletes from 15 different countries. 10 different countries have finished top 10 on at least one of the distances today.