Speed Skating ISU European Championships 2021

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Speed Skating ISU European Championships 2021

 

Heerenveen (NED) - 16 January 2021 - 17 January 2021

 

 

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[rybak 3,308]

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[Dennis 759]

Excited for the first big international competition of the season. Normally speaking, all titles will be split between the Russians and the Dutch, but I'm hoping for some surprises. 

 

Perhaps  Ignat Golovatsiuk can pull off a surprise in the men's sprint tournament. The 500m times he has skated in Minsk this season have been very solid.

 

I'm also curious to see what  Nils van der Poel can do, especially on the longer distances. I hope he qualifies for the final 10.000 meters, especially after that impressing time in Inzell.

[rybak 3,308]

5 minutes ago, Dennis said:

Excited for the first big international competition of the season. Normally speaking, all titles will be split between the Russians and the Dutch, but I'm hoping for some surprises. 

 

Perhaps  Ignat Golovatsiuk can pull off a surprise in the men's sprint tournament. The 500m times he has skated in Minsk this season have been very solid.

 

I'm also curious to see what  Nils van der Poel can do, especially on the longer distances. I hope he qualifies for the final 10.000 meters, especially after that impressing time in Inzell.

Looking at the number of competitors from each country I would love to see an Polish skater with medal but big number of skaters doesn't mean that we are good at all at this moment. I'm hoping for at least one top8 place. 

[Dennis 759]

16 minutes ago, rybak said:

Looking at the number of competitors from each country I would love to see an Polish skater with medal but big number of skaters doesn't mean that we are good at all at this moment. I'm hoping for at least one top8 place. 

I think the Russians won't take this tournament too seriously, so perhaps that's where there is a chance for them. The Polish skaters have had quite a number of internal competitions this year, which might benefit them in this weird season.

[Dennis 759]

I wanted to make a prediction for all four tournaments, but I don't have time to look at all the participants.

 

However, this is my prediction for the women's allround tournament:

 

1.  Antoinette de Jong
2.  Martina Sáblíková
3.  Evgeniia Lalenkova
4.  Natalia Voronina
5.  Irene Schouten
6.  Karolina Bosiek
7.  Elizaveta Golubeva
8.  Francesca Lollobrigida
9.  Joy Beune
10.  Nikola Zdráhalová
11.  Natalia Czerwonka
12.  Ekaterina Sloeva
13.  Magdalena Czyszczoń
14.  Sofie Karoline Haugen
15.  Ida Njåtun
16.  Ragne Wiklund
17.  Mareike Thum
18.  Leia Marie Behlau
19.  Linda Rossi
20.  Kristiine Kalev

I'm pretty sure of my top 5. Bosiek will only finish top 8 if she wins the 500m by a good margin, otherwise she'll finish 9th and Joy Beune will take her spot in the top 8. Czerwonka and Zdrahalova can also finish top 8 if Lollobrigida doesn't skate a good 3.000m. It's almost impossible to predict what Lollobrigida can do here as she has only skated two minor outdoor competitions this season.

 

And some predictions for the podium per distance, just for fun. These are even more difficult to predict this season:

 

500m: 

1.  Karolina Bosiek
2.  Ekaterina Sloeva
3.  Elizaveta Golubeva

1.500m:

1.  Evgeniia Lalenkova
2.  Elizaveta Golubeva
3.  Antoinette de Jong

3.000m:

1.  Martina Sáblíková
2.  Antoinette de Jong
3.  Natalia Voronina

5.000m:

1.  Martina Sáblíková
2.  Natalia Voronina
3.  Antoinette de Jong

[Dennis 759]

And the men's sprint tournament:

 

1. Kai Verbij 
2. Viktor Mushtakov 
3. Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen 
4. Ignat Golovatsiuk (more wishful thinking)
5. Hein Otterspeer 
6. Thomas Krol 
7. Nico Ihle 
8. Joel Dufter 
9. Mathias Vosté 
10. Artur Nogal 
11. Damian Zurek 
12. Piotr Michalski 
13. Marten Liiv 
14. Artem Arefyev
15. Victor Lobas 
16. Odin By Farstad 
17. Bjørn Magnussen 
18. Hendrik Dombek 
19.  David Bosa
20. Samuli Suomalainen 

[dcro 10,210]

Backstage moments being shown right in the middle of a race. NOS production. 

[dcro 10,210]

6:13.04 PB for the Dutch export Nils vd Poel.

[rybak 3,308]

5th place for Nogal and two 8th places for Michalski and Ziomek in 500m, good job