Speed Skating 2018 - 2019 Discussion Thread

[Olympian1010 7,470]

Just now, heywoodu said:

It's nearly impossible to make an accurate prediction of the weather in January and February this early  

I mean I think everyone is pretty sure it will never happen again

[heywoodu 13,540]

5 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I mean I think everyone is pretty sure it will never happen again

That's just not very realistic. Same thing as saying nobody will ever run 100m under 9.50 seconds or a marathon under two hours or the 800m under 1:40. Yes, someone will, one day. And yes, the Elfstedentocht will one day be held again too, 'forever' is a very long time for something to not happen. It's not very realistic to think there won't be one single harsh winter in the next 100 years or so.

Edited October 21, 2018 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 13,540]

Today is the first major day for the Dutch speed skaters, the Dutch World Cup Qualification Tournament starts today in Heerenveen  

 

First up is the 500m men, followed by the 1500m women and 5000m men. 

 

Entry list men:

https://www.schaatsen.nl/media/37483/20181031-1700-deelnemers-heren.pdf

 

Entry list women:

https://www.schaatsen.nl/media/37482/20181031-1700-deelnemers-dames.pdf

[heywoodu 13,540]

Twin brothers Ronald and Michel Mulder finish tied for 4th with 35.22 

 

Just like in 2006 when they made their debut with the exact same time 

[heywoodu 13,540]

Verbij 35.03

Smeekens 35.04

Nuis 35.19

Mulder & Mulder 35.22

 

They qualify for the World Cup

[dcro 10,179]

8 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Verbij 35.03

Smeekens 35.04

Nuis 35.19

Mulder & Mulder 35.22

 

They qualify for the World Cup

 

Ntab getting closer and closer to Team Senegal.

[heywoodu 13,540]

1 minuut geleden, dcro zei:

 

Ntab getting closer and closer to Team Senegal.

At the first start he moved so they had to start over, then at the start he reacted really slowly and easily lost two tenths of a second there, which made him finish in 6th. Senegal cheered 

[heywoodu 13,540]

Holy crap 

 

In not even really good conditions, Patrick Roest just won the 5km in 6:08.98, a new track record in Heerenveen and annihilating Sven Kramer in a man-to-man fight  

 

Just for context, these were the 25 fastest ever times in Heerenveen:

 

 

On the all-time list he is now tied 13th with Carl Verheijen.

Edited November 2, 2018 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 13,540]

 

Top-5 qualifies, meaning Stollenga very surprisingly has qualified for the World Cup. That's really cool: she had so much troubles with her back, which even has been broken...then she came back, got injured again but never gave up and now it's rewarded  

[heywoodu 13,540]

46-year old Claudia Pechstein won the German 3k title in a rather decent 4:08

http://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=3&e=20027&r=8