Short Track Speed Skating 2015 - 2017 Discussion Thread

[Werloc 3,191]

Edited August 18, 2024 by Sindo

[vovanA 210]

Semyon Elistratov is also out because of Sharapova's doping...

[NearPup 4,132]

Unfortunately Noh Jin-kyu, a former short track world champion for Korea, has passed away from cancer at the age of 23.

[intoronto 6,843]

Just saw the entry lists for the first world cup and looks like Ireland will be entering two athletes (both are transfers from Canada). Is this the first ever world cup for Ireland?

[OlympicIRL 6,298]

4 hours ago, intoronto said:

Just saw the entry lists for the first world cup and looks like Ireland will be entering two athletes (both are transfers from Canada). Is this the first ever world cup for Ireland?

 

Yes, we didn't have a speed skating team until this year thanks to the McAnuff brothers.

 

http://www.sherbrookerecord.com/content/mcanuff-brothers-bringing-skating-ireland

[intoronto 6,843]

On 11/3/2016 at 04:48, OlympicIRL said:

 

Yes, we didn't have a speed skating team until this year thanks to the McAnuff brothers.

 

http://www.sherbrookerecord.com/content/mcanuff-brothers-bringing-skating-ireland

They both had a successful debut, but it will take a bit more work to qualify for 2018. Good luck too them!

 

Also I gotta say this has to be the most developed winter sport (in terms of competitive countries). Literally 10-12 countries could win medals on a given day.

 

[heywoodu 16,431]

6 hours ago, intoronto said:

They both had a successful debut, but it will take a bit more work to qualify for 2018. Good luck too them!

 

Also I gotta say this has to be the most developed winter sport (in terms of competitive countries). Literally 10-12 countries could win medals on a given day.

 

 

It's fun how people here in the Netherlands always complain how speed skating (albeit the traditional 400m track version) is so one-sided, when it's one of the few winter sports where 3 medalling continents is a very normal situation and with some luck there can even be 4. 

[Dragon 2,062]

On 11/3/2016 at 08:48, OlympicIRL said:

 

Yes, we didn't have a speed skating team until this year thanks to the McAnuff brothers.

 

http://www.sherbrookerecord.com/content/mcanuff-brothers-bringing-skating-ireland

I notice there's also an Irish junior longtrack skater competing this season.

[hckošice 16,569]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

 

It's fun how people here in the Netherlands always complain how speed skating (albeit the traditional 400m track version) is so one-sided, when it's one of the few winter sports where 3 medalling continents is a very normal situation and with some luck there can even be 4. 

 

yes 3 countries from 3 continents

[OlympicIRL 6,298]

25 minutes ago, Dragon said:

I notice there's also an Irish junior longtrack skater competing this season.

 

I had no idea. You know his name or his background?