Olympian1010 7,418 Posted February 15, 2020 #211 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) 34 minutes ago, heywoodu said: It's also not exactly popular here Just among children to play around mostly, and not even that is something one often sees anymore. Should of said “isn’t” Autocorrect strikes again. Edited February 15, 2020 by Olympian1010 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,547 Posted February 15, 2020 #212 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Men´s 10000m 1. Graeme Fish 12:33.868 2. Ted-Jan Bloeman 12:45.010 3. Patrick Beckert 12:47.965 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,547 Posted February 15, 2020 #213 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) Women's Team Pursuit 1. Japan 2:50.766 2. Netherlands 2:52.656 3. Canada 2:53.628 Edited February 15, 2020 by Gianlu33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,547 Posted February 15, 2020 #214 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Men's 500m 1. Pavel Kulizhnikov 33.727 2. Ruslan Murashov 33.995 3. Tatsuya Shinhama 34.035 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,547 Posted February 15, 2020 #215 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Women's 500m 1. Nao Kodaira 35.62 2. Angelina Golikova 36.741 3. Olga Fatkulina 36.789 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,537 Posted February 15, 2020 #216 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, Monzanator said: What are the three most popular countries for inline skating? Italy, Netherlands and Belgium? Given how Italy tends to produce some world class skaters (mainly in short track these days) I suppose France is really behind the eightball. I don't recall any world class skater on the long track in the XXI century and even your short track team is not as impressive as it could have been. Nowadays Colombia are way ahead of anybody else... then Italy and Spain are the best among the old powerhouses (and 2 places where the discipline is relatively popular), but South Korea and Chinese Taipei have started to show up with some super skaters, especially in the sprint disciplines for TPE and in the longer races for KOR... FRA and BEL are also very competitive, GER have some good sprinters, NED sometimes presents some good skaters, but they normally are ice speedskaters using the roller version to train for the winter season, so they don't have consistent performances (the only real Dutch champions who had a good career also with the inline skates are the Mulder bros) and then there are always some other Latin American Nations (especially ARG, CHI and VEN), who once every while can find their place under the spotlights... USA used to be the main contender for ITA a few years ago (when ITA were the top Nation and the USA had people like Parra, Hedrick and Jen Rodriguez doublin'up ice and "streets"), but now they are just marginal to roller skating... Edited February 15, 2020 by phelps Monzanator and Olympian1010 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted February 15, 2020 #217 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Pretty good time for Pechstein. phelps 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,537 Posted February 15, 2020 #218 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I fear Visser is going to be DQ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted February 15, 2020 #219 Share Posted February 15, 2020 10 hours ago, phelps said: Nowadays Colombia are way ahead of anybody else... then Italy and Spain are the best among the old powerhouses (and 2 places where the discipline is relatively popular), but South Korea and Chinese Taipei have started to show up with some super skaters, especially in the sprint disciplines for TPE and in the longer races for KOR... FRA and BEL are also very competitive, GER have some good sprinters, NED sometimes presents some good skaters, but they normally are ice speedskaters using the roller version to train for the winter season, so they don't have consistent performances (the only real Dutch champions who had a good career also with the inline skates are the Mulder bros) and then there are always some other Latin American Nations (especially ARG, CHI and VEN), who once every while can find their place under the spotlights... USA used to be the main contender for ITA a few years ago (when ITA were the top Nation and the USA had people like Parra, Hedrick and Jen Rodriguez doublin'up ice and "streets"), but now they are just marginal to roller skating... This is exactly how I would have summed up the sport to. It enjoys good popularity in Latin America, East Asia, and Western Europe. It’s also a sport where you sometimes get a highly competitive skater for a pretty much random country. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,537 Posted February 15, 2020 #220 Share Posted February 15, 2020 new WR for Sablikova incoming... and if Visser really gets DQ, it's gonna be a truly painful DQ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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