Dennis

This ice is terrible xD

Akar to the semis 

Akar to the semis 

I feel like I should have learned to stop doubting that Wüst would win these kind of races at some point.

Wow, Wüst
 
Of all performances I've seen in speed skating during the years, this ranks very, very high. And the outburst of emotion after the race was over and she was in interview mode was heartbreaking and beautiful, she basically broke as soon as Paulien van Deutekom was mentioned (her best friend and a former speed skating world champion, same generation, who died three years ago after a short illness).

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

Ukaleq Slettemark 20/20!!!

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. 

Draw for the women's 1.500m is out. After my wildly succesful prediction for the men's 5.000m, here's mine for tomorrow :
 
Miho Takagi 
Brittany Bowe 
Ayano Sato 
Ragne Wiklund 
Ireen Wüst 
Elizaveta Golubeva 
Francesca Lollobrigida 
Nana Takagi 
Antoinette De Jong 
Nadezhda Morozova 
 
Han Mei 
Evgeniia Lalenkova 
Ivanie Blondin 
Nikola Zdráhalová 
Yin Qi 
Marijke Groenewoud 
Yekaterina Aydova 
Natalia Czerwonka 
Mia Kilburg 
Maddison Pearman 
 
Ahenaer Adake 
Elena Sokhryakova 
Ekaterina Sloeva 
Maryna Zuyeva 
Huang Yu-Ting 
Sofie Karoline Haugen 
Ellia Smeding 
Michelle Uhrig 
Sandrine Tas 
Magdalena Czyszczon 

Draw for the women's 1.500m is out. After my wildly succesful prediction for the men's 5.000m, here's mine for tomorrow :
 
Miho Takagi 
Brittany Bowe 
Ayano Sato 
Ragne Wiklund 
Ireen Wüst 
Elizaveta Golubeva 
Francesca Lollobrigida 
Nana Takagi 
Antoinette De Jong 
Nadezhda Morozova 
 
Han Mei 
Evgeniia Lalenkova 
Ivanie Blondin 
Nikola Zdráhalová 
Yin Qi 
Marijke Groenewoud 
Yekaterina Aydova 
Natalia Czerwonka 
Mia Kilburg 
Maddison Pearman 
 
Ahenaer Adake 
Elena Sokhryakova 
Ekaterina Sloeva 
Maryna Zuyeva 
Huang Yu-Ting 
Sofie Karoline Haugen 
Ellia Smeding 
Michelle Uhrig 
Sandrine Tas 
Magdalena Czyszczon 

Draw for the women's 1.500m is out. After my wildly succesful prediction for the men's 5.000m, here's mine for tomorrow :
 
Miho Takagi 
Brittany Bowe 
Ayano Sato 
Ragne Wiklund 
Ireen Wüst 
Elizaveta Golubeva 
Francesca Lollobrigida 
Nana Takagi 
Antoinette De Jong 
Nadezhda Morozova 
 
Han Mei 
Evgeniia Lalenkova 
Ivanie Blondin 
Nikola Zdráhalová 
Yin Qi 
Marijke Groenewoud 
Yekaterina Aydova 
Natalia Czerwonka 
Mia Kilburg 
Maddison Pearman 
 
Ahenaer Adake 
Elena Sokhryakova 
Ekaterina Sloeva 
Maryna Zuyeva 
Huang Yu-Ting 
Sofie Karoline Haugen 
Ellia Smeding 
Michelle Uhrig 
Sandrine Tas 
Magdalena Czyszczon 

So this was a big fail 
 
Nils Van Der Poel (=0)
Patrick Roest (=0)
Ted-Jan Bloemen (-6)
Davide Ghiotto (-4)
Jorrit Bergsma (=0)
 
Sergey Trofimov (+2)
Ruslan Zakharov (-7)
Bart Swings (+1)
Alexander Rumyantsev (+3)
Hallgeir Engebråten (+7)
 
Emery Lehman (-5)
Patrick Beckert (+1)
Michele Malfatti (-2)
Ethan Cepuran (-3)
Sven Kramer (+6)
 
Seitaro Ichinohe (+4)
Felix Rijhnen (+4)
Livio Wenger (=0)
Andrea Giovannini (-1) 
Viktor Hald Thorup (+1)

So this was a big fail 
 
Nils Van Der Poel (=0)
Patrick Roest (=0)
Ted-Jan Bloemen (-6)
Davide Ghiotto (-4)
Jorrit Bergsma (=0)
 
Sergey Trofimov (+2)
Ruslan Zakharov (-7)
Bart Swings (+1)
Alexander Rumyantsev (+3)
Hallgeir Engebråten (+7)
 
Emery Lehman (-5)
Patrick Beckert (+1)
Michele Malfatti (-2)
Ethan Cepuran (-3)
Sven Kramer (+6)
 
Seitaro Ichinohe (+4)
Felix Rijhnen (+4)
Livio Wenger (=0)
Andrea Giovannini (-1) 
Viktor Hald Thorup (+1)

So this was a big fail 
 
Nils Van Der Poel (=0)
Patrick Roest (=0)
Ted-Jan Bloemen (-6)
Davide Ghiotto (-4)
Jorrit Bergsma (=0)
 
Sergey Trofimov (+2)
Ruslan Zakharov (-7)
Bart Swings (+1)
Alexander Rumyantsev (+3)
Hallgeir Engebråten (+7)
 
Emery Lehman (-5)
Patrick Beckert (+1)
Michele Malfatti (-2)
Ethan Cepuran (-3)
Sven Kramer (+6)
 
Seitaro Ichinohe (+4)
Felix Rijhnen (+4)
Livio Wenger (=0)
Andrea Giovannini (-1) 
Viktor Hald Thorup (+1)

Just for fun, a complete 'prediction' including times, including surprises :
 
Nils Van Der Poel - 6:06.01  
Patrick Roest - 6:10.12 
Ted-Jan Bloemen - 6:11.26
Davide Ghiotto - 6:11.44
Jorrit Bergsma - 6:12.10
 
Sergey Trofimov - 6:12.81
Ruslan Zakharov - 6:13.03
Bart Swings - 6:13.53
Alexander Rumyantsev - 6:14.40
Hallgeir Engebråten - 6:14.54
 
Emery Lehman - 6:14.99
Patrick Beckert - 6:15.54
Michele Malfatti - 6:15.87
Ethan Cepuran - 6:15.91
Sven Kramer - 6:15.94
 
Seitaro Ichinohe - 6:16.70
Felix Rijhnen - 6:16.77
Livio Wenger - 6:16.82
Andrea Giovannini - 6:17.45 
Viktor Hald Thorup - 6:24.54 

Well, Antoinette deserved better.

once again, I have to repeat myself... 
 

Just for fun, a complete 'prediction' including times, including surprises :
 
Nils Van Der Poel - 6:06.01  
Patrick Roest - 6:10.12 
Ted-Jan Bloemen - 6:11.26
Davide Ghiotto - 6:11.44
Jorrit Bergsma - 6:12.10
 
Sergey Trofimov - 6:12.81
Ruslan Zakharov - 6:13.03
Bart Swings - 6:13.53
Alexander Rumyantsev - 6:14.40
Hallgeir Engebråten - 6:14.54
 
Emery Lehman - 6:14.99
Patrick Beckert - 6:15.54
Michele Malfatti - 6:15.87
Ethan Cepuran - 6:15.91
Sven Kramer - 6:15.94
 
Seitaro Ichinohe - 6:16.70
Felix Rijhnen - 6:16.77
Livio Wenger - 6:16.82
Andrea Giovannini - 6:17.45 
Viktor Hald Thorup - 6:24.54 

Just for fun, a complete 'prediction' including times, including surprises :
 
Nils Van Der Poel - 6:06.01  
Patrick Roest - 6:10.12 
Ted-Jan Bloemen - 6:11.26
Davide Ghiotto - 6:11.44
Jorrit Bergsma - 6:12.10
 
Sergey Trofimov - 6:12.81
Ruslan Zakharov - 6:13.03
Bart Swings - 6:13.53
Alexander Rumyantsev - 6:14.40
Hallgeir Engebråten - 6:14.54
 
Emery Lehman - 6:14.99
Patrick Beckert - 6:15.54
Michele Malfatti - 6:15.87
Ethan Cepuran - 6:15.91
Sven Kramer - 6:15.94
 
Seitaro Ichinohe - 6:16.70
Felix Rijhnen - 6:16.77
Livio Wenger - 6:16.82
Andrea Giovannini - 6:17.45 
Viktor Hald Thorup - 6:24.54 

Just for fun, a complete 'prediction' including times, including surprises :
 
Nils Van Der Poel - 6:06.01  
Patrick Roest - 6:10.12 
Ted-Jan Bloemen - 6:11.26
Davide Ghiotto - 6:11.44
Jorrit Bergsma - 6:12.10
 
Sergey Trofimov - 6:12.81
Ruslan Zakharov - 6:13.03
Bart Swings - 6:13.53
Alexander Rumyantsev - 6:14.40
Hallgeir Engebråten - 6:14.54
 
Emery Lehman - 6:14.99
Patrick Beckert - 6:15.54
Michele Malfatti - 6:15.87
Ethan Cepuran - 6:15.91
Sven Kramer - 6:15.94
 
Seitaro Ichinohe - 6:16.70
Felix Rijhnen - 6:16.77
Livio Wenger - 6:16.82
Andrea Giovannini - 6:17.45 
Viktor Hald Thorup - 6:24.54 

Just for fun, a complete 'prediction' including times, including surprises :
 
Nils Van Der Poel - 6:06.01  
Patrick Roest - 6:10.12 
Ted-Jan Bloemen - 6:11.26
Davide Ghiotto - 6:11.44
Jorrit Bergsma - 6:12.10
 
Sergey Trofimov - 6:12.81
Ruslan Zakharov - 6:13.03
Bart Swings - 6:13.53
Alexander Rumyantsev - 6:14.40
Hallgeir Engebråten - 6:14.54
 
Emery Lehman - 6:14.99
Patrick Beckert - 6:15.54
Michele Malfatti - 6:15.87
Ethan Cepuran - 6:15.91
Sven Kramer - 6:15.94
 
Seitaro Ichinohe - 6:16.70
Felix Rijhnen - 6:16.77
Livio Wenger - 6:16.82
Andrea Giovannini - 6:17.45 
Viktor Hald Thorup - 6:24.54 

Just for fun, a complete 'prediction' including times, including surprises :
 
Nils Van Der Poel - 6:06.01  
Patrick Roest - 6:10.12 
Ted-Jan Bloemen - 6:11.26
Davide Ghiotto - 6:11.44
Jorrit Bergsma - 6:12.10
 
Sergey Trofimov - 6:12.81
Ruslan Zakharov - 6:13.03
Bart Swings - 6:13.53
Alexander Rumyantsev - 6:14.40
Hallgeir Engebråten - 6:14.54
 
Emery Lehman - 6:14.99
Patrick Beckert - 6:15.54
Michele Malfatti - 6:15.87
Ethan Cepuran - 6:15.91
Sven Kramer - 6:15.94
 
Seitaro Ichinohe - 6:16.70
Felix Rijhnen - 6:16.77
Livio Wenger - 6:16.82
Andrea Giovannini - 6:17.45 
Viktor Hald Thorup - 6:24.54 

Just for fun, a complete 'prediction' including times, including surprises :
 
Nils Van Der Poel - 6:06.01  
Patrick Roest - 6:10.12 
Ted-Jan Bloemen - 6:11.26
Davide Ghiotto - 6:11.44
Jorrit Bergsma - 6:12.10
 
Sergey Trofimov - 6:12.81
Ruslan Zakharov - 6:13.03
Bart Swings - 6:13.53
Alexander Rumyantsev - 6:14.40
Hallgeir Engebråten - 6:14.54
 
Emery Lehman - 6:14.99
Patrick Beckert - 6:15.54
Michele Malfatti - 6:15.87
Ethan Cepuran - 6:15.91
Sven Kramer - 6:15.94
 
Seitaro Ichinohe - 6:16.70
Felix Rijhnen - 6:16.77
Livio Wenger - 6:16.82
Andrea Giovannini - 6:17.45 
Viktor Hald Thorup - 6:24.54 

Interesting draw for the men's 5.000m:
 
 Sven Kramer -  Viktor Hald Thorup  Emery Lehman -  Felix Rijhnen  Sergey Trofimov -  Hallgeir Engebråten  Livio Wenger -  Ethan Cepuran  Andrea Giovannini -  Patrick Roest

-- Ice preparation --
   Jorrit Bergsma -  Seitaro Ichinohe  Patrick Beckert -  Michele Malfatti  Alexander Rumyantsev -  Davide Ghiotto  Ruslan Zakharov -  Ted-Jan Bloemen  Nils van der Poel -  Bart Swings Strong first half and none of the top favorites skating against each other. 

Hahaha, it will be his final 5k ever, so probably they won't talk about anyone else.