Topicmaster1010

So even though it's only the 2nd of 4 World Cup Olympic Qualification stops this weekend, it's a very pivotal stop because it is likely the last chance for skaters relying on time qualifications to qualify for the games. It would be shocking if anybody improved on their times at the European stops.

Connor Howe isn't on the start list for the men's 1000m so it seems likely he's dealing with an injury or illness

I see that Tarik van Wieren is entered on the world cup start list tomorrow along side Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes. Maybe still a small chance to qualify a mixed team. The qualification system is very favourable towards smaller countries

I feel like there's got to be something else. We had athletes from Malaysia and Taiwan who were ranked higher than the highest ranked Canadian in the world rankings last year. There were also athletes from Ukraine and Denmark ranked in the top 10. Maybe not qualifying a male these Olympics will serve as a wakeup call.

Italy

Japan

Australia

I see that Suzanne Schulting is entered as a reserve for the World Cup stop next weekend

Olympic Quotas after World Cup 1/4 Men Women 500m 1000m 1500m 5000m 10000m MS TP 500m 1000m 1500m 3000m 5000m MS TP Austria 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Belgium 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 x Canada 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 x China 3 2 2 1 1 x 3 2 3 1 2 x Czechia 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 Denmark 2 1 Estonia 1 1 France 1 1 1 2 x Germany 3 3 3 2 x 2 2 1 2 2 x Great Britain 1 Hungary 1 1 Italy 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 Japan 3 3 3 1 1 x 3 3 3 1 2 x Kazakhstan 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 x Netherlands 3 3 3 3 2 2 x 3 3 3 3 2 2 x Neutral Athletes 2 New Zealand 1 Norway 2 1 3 3 1 1 x 1 1 1 1 Poland 3 3 2 x 3 3 1 1 South Korea 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 Spain 1 Switzerland 1 1 1 1 2 Taiwan 1 United States 3 3 3 1 1 1 x 2 2 2 2 x There are still 3 missing quotas from the men's 10,000m and the women's 5000m because those distances haven't been raced yet. The Neutral athlete quota in the women's 3000m consists of one Belarusian and one Russian Athlete. For a breakdown of ranking vs. time qualifiers, please see the wonderful work that NearPup has done on wikipedia here

24 I believe. I can do a breakdown in the Olympic qualification thread.

More medals than any World Cup stop last year. Great start to the year!

de Boo 33.63! 0.02 off the world record

33.67 for Koshkin 33.78 for Kim

Femke Kok 36.09 World Record!!!

37.40 for Chen in the women's 500m

Right

Unfortunate fall for the Italian team but thankfully they're in the A division so they'll still pick up a good chunk of points for Olympic qualification.

Finally the first non-Dutch gold in a women's event by Japan in the team pursuit

Nadezhda Morozova went 1:51.65 in the B Division! Would've been 2nd in the A Division.

Bronze for Kelly Ann Laurin and Loucas Ethier in pairs at the Skate America

Connor Howe dead last in the 1500m, not great

On another note, Lamarche's time is only 0.09 seconds off of Christine Nesbitt's Canadian Record. I thought she could be a dark horse in this event after her showing at Canadian Championships but I was not expecting anything near that quick of a time. What a showing!

He did win a bronze in the 10,000m at the 2024 World Championships and looked decent the first few World Cup stops last year but completely fell off a cliff after that.

The 200 free actually fits pretty well onto her schedule. She won't have any doubles with any of her other individual events.

Yu Zidi 2:07.41 200m IM Asian Record at the Chinese National Games. Just recently turned 13 years old.