[Nicky91]

Day 1 Saturday, 5 February 16:30-18:05 Women's 3000 metres
Day 2 Sunday, 6 February 16:30-18:25 Men's 5000 metres
Day 3 Monday, 7 February 16:30-18:05 Women's 1500 metres
Day 4 Tuesday, 8 February 18:30-20:00 Men's 1500 metres
Day 6 Thursday, 10 February 20:00-21:30 Women's 5000 metres
Day 7 Friday, 11 February 16:00-18:05 Men's 10,000 metres
Day 8 Saturday, 12 February 16:00-17:45 Team pursuit women – Quarterfinals
Men's 500 metres
Day 9 Sunday, 13 February 21:00-22:50 Team pursuit men – Quarterfinals
Women's 500 metres
Day 11 Tuesday, 15 February 14:30-17:15 Team pursuit men – Finals
Team pursuit women – Finals
Day 13 Thursday, 17 February 16:30-17:55 Women's 1000 metres
Day 14 Friday, 18 February 16:30-17:50 Men's 1000 metres
Day 15 Saturday, 19 February 15:00-17:35 Mass start men
Mass start women

also one with british nationality now in this sports event, Cornelius Kersten (dutch father and a british mom and he chose british nationality easier to get selected than through tough dutch competition)

[Nicky91]

https://olympics.com/en/news/speed-s...ritain-beijing

nice article about the TeamGB hopeful Cornelius Kersten, ends 30 year british wait at speed skating

[Nicky91]

USA misses out of a title favourite on 500m

Erin Jackson failed to qualify for beijing


the two available tickets went to Brittany Bowe and Kimi Goetz, if one of those withdraws for the olympics the ticket will after all go to Jackson as 3rd best in their qualifying tournament

[Nicky91]

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/speed-sk...85/story.shtml

also one TeamGB hopeful at the women, Ellia Smeding



today a 9th place result at 1.500m in Heerenveen at european championships

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

USA misses out of a title favourite on 500m

Erin Jackson failed to qualify for beijing


the two available tickets went to Brittany Bowe and Kimi Goetz, if one of those withdraws for the olympics the ticket will after all go to Jackson as 3rd best in their qualifying tournament

Erin Jackson will go to Beijing for 500m, Brittany Bowe has withdrawn because she finds that Jackson is more of a title contender than herself

[Nicky91]

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/0...lympics-begin/

As the Winter Olympics get under way in Beijing, Dutch hopes will rest heavily on the lycra-clad shoulders of the speed skating team.

Skaters won all 20 of the Netherlands’ medals four years ago in PyeongChang, including eight golds – good enough for the nation to finish fifth in the overall medal table.

Global warming has restrained the Dutch appetite for outdoor skating in recent years, but last February’s big freeze showed how deeply the sport is ingrained in the national psyche – even if doesn’t go quite as far as commuting to work on ice, as CBS commentator Katie Couric claimed in PyeongChang.

For the competitors the Olympics will be a sombre affair compared to recent editions, partly because of the coronavirus pandemic. There will be no orange-clad fans and driekleur flags in the stands, no ‘Holland Huis’ party zone and no royal presence – sports fan King Willem-Alexander has opted not to travel because of the pandemic.

The government has also declined to send an official delegation, officially because of coronavirus, but it has also been under pressure from MPs to boycott the Games because of China’s human rights record and the genocide of the Uighur population.

Six golds forecast

This year 28 of the 40-strong team are competing in speed skating or short track, with veterans like Sven Kramer and Ireen Wüst joined by newcomers such as Sanne in ‘t Hof and Xandra Velzeboer.

Sports data bureau Nielsen Gracenote forecasts Dutch skaters will bring home eight gold medals from Beijing, with short track star Suzanne Schulting, long-distance specialist Irene Schouten and sprinter Thomas Krol seen as the best prospects.

Wüst, the most successful skater in Olympic history, will be hoping to add to her tally of 11 medals over four Games. She became the youngest gold medallist in the sport when she won the 3,000 metres in Turin in 2006 as a 19-year-old.

Now 35, she is competing in the 1,000m, the 1,500m and the team pursuit.

Performance matrix

Sven Kramer, also 35 and competing in his fifth Games, is defending the 5,000m title that he has held since 2010 and looking to add to his men’s record haul of nine medals on the track.

Kramer’s selection was uncertain after he finished behind Patrick Roest and Jorrit Bergsma at the national trials in December, as the IOC has limited squads of nine men and nine women per country this year.

The ‘performance matrix’ used by skating association KNSB had Kramer ranked below sprinter Dai Dai N’Tab and 1,500m specialist Tijmen Snel, but he was given the nod on the basis of his experience.

Kjeld Nuis, who won the 1,000m and 1,500m in PyeongChang, is only competing in the longer distance this time around. He will face strong competition from world and European champion Thomas Krol, who also goes in the 500m and 1,000m.

Carlijn Achtereekte is defending her title in the women’s 3,000m, where she lines up against team-mates Irene Schouten and Antoinette de Jong. Schouten is also one of the favourites to win the 5,000m.

Short track stars

In the short track arena, Suzanne Schulting is competing in all five disciplines, including the 1,000m, where she won the Netherlands’ first short track gold medal four years ago.

Lining up against her is 20-year-old Xandra Velzeboer, whose aunt, Monique, won the 500m when short track was a demonstration sport in Calgary in 1988. Monique’s promising career abruptly ended five years later when a training accident left her unable to walk, but her niece has said she feels ‘no extra pressure’ from her surname.

In the men’s events, the 32-year-old Sjinkie Knegt will hope to end the run of dreadful luck that has restricted him to a silver and a bronze medal in his two Olympic outings so far.

The highly-rated Knegt’s career has been blighted by crashes and disqualifications at crucial moments, and more seriously a life-threatening accident with a wood burner in 2019 that left him with 30% burns

Snowboarding ‘cooler’ Away from the skating track, Kimberley Bos will hope to improve on her eighth place in the skeleton bob in 2018, while Niek van der Velden and 17-year-old Melissa Peperkamp are contenders in the snowboarding.

Peperkamp, who will be the first Dutch competitor in action on Friday, threw down the gauntlet in the team camp when she told AD this week that her sport was ‘cooler than going round a skating track’.

Another 17-year-old, Lindsay van Zundert, is the lone Dutch representative in the figure skating competition and will also carry the flag at Thursday’s opening ceremony with skater Kjeld Nuis.

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women 3.000m start order

1. Adake (China) vs Pechstein (Germany)
2. Kilburg (USA) vs Morozova (Kazakhstan)
3. M.Takagi (Japan) vs Achtereekte (Netherlands)
4. Zdrahalova (Czech Republic) vs Lalenkova (ROC-Russia)
5. Maltais (Canada) vs Voronina (ROC-Russia)
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6. Sato (Japan) vs Antoinette de Jong (Netherlands)
7. Zhuyeva (Belarus) vs Han (China)
8. Sáblikova (Czech Republic) vs Blondin (Canada)
9. Weidemann (Canada) vs Wiklund (Norway)
10. Lollobrigida (Italy) vs Schouten (Netherlands)

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women's 1.500m draw

1. Smeding (GB) - Yu Huang (TAI)
2. Tas (BEL) - Czyszczon (POL)
3. Haugen (NOR) - Uhrig (GER)
4. Socharakova (ROC) - Sloyeva (BLR)
5. Kilburg (USA) - Zuyeva (BLR)
6. Pearman (CAN) - Adake (CHN)
7. Lalenkova (ROC) - Aydova (KAZ)
8. Zdrahalova (CZE) - Czerwonka (POL)
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9. Groenewoud (NL) - Yin Qi (CHN)
10. Han Mei (CHN) - M.Takagi (JAP)
11. A.De Jong (NL) - Morozova (KAZ)
12. Wust (NL) - Blondin (CAN)
13. Sato (JAP) - Lollobrigida (ITA)
14. Bowe (USA) - Wiklund (NOR)
15. Golobeva (ROC) - M.Takagi (JAP)

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

women's 1.500m draw

1. Smeding (GB) - Yu Huang (TAI)
2. Tas (BEL) - Czyszczon (POL)
3. Haugen (NOR) - Uhrig (GER)
4. Socharakova (ROC) - Sloyeva (BLR)
5. Kilburg (USA) - Zuyeva (BLR)
6. Pearman (CAN) - Adake (CHN)
7. Lalenkova (ROC) - Aydova (KAZ)
8. Zdrahalova (CZE) - Czerwonka (POL)
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9. Groenewoud (NL) - Yin Qi (CHN)
10. Han Mei (CHN) - M.Takagi (JAP)
11. A.De Jong (NL) - Morozova (KAZ)
12. Wust (NL) - Blondin (CAN)
13. Sato (JAP) - Lollobrigida (ITA)
14. Bowe (USA) - Wiklund (NOR)
15. Golobeva (ROC) - M.Takagi (JAP)

so far after 12/15

1. Ireen Wust (Netherlands)
2. Antoinette de Jong (Netherlands)
3. Marijke Groenewoud (Netherlands)
4. Nana Takagi (Japan)
5. Yevgenia Lalenkova (ROC-Russia)
6. Han Mei (China)
7. Ivanie Blondin (Canada)
8. Nadezjda Morozova (Kazakhstan)
9. Yin Qi (China)
10. Ekaterina Sloyeva (Belarus)



13. Sato (JAP) - Lollobrigida (ITA)
14. Bowe (USA) - Wiklund (NOR)
15. Golobeva (ROC) - M.Takagi (JAP)

[Nicky91]

omg so exciting


Ireen Wust is certain of a medal, which one not sure yet, but omg omg omg, what a legend she already has been and still very much is

[Nicky91]

Lollobrigida and Bowe choked lol definitely did not see that coming



now Golobeva vs Miho Takagi last one up, so Wust always certain of a bronze, but can also still be gold or silver


Antoinette de Jong is not certain of a medal yet

[Nicky91]

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Wust champion on 1.500m

[Nicky91]

Ireen Wust, the moment she was declared the champion of 1.500m


writes history, with 6 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze medal is Wust the most successful dutch olympian of all time

at all recent 5 olympics she got a medal which is also a achievement for the history books


bronze in Turin (2006) gold in Vancouver (2010) silver in Sochi (2014) and again gold in Pyeongchang (2018)



Marijke Groenewoud at her olympics debut became 5th also not bad

[Nicky91]

1.500m men draw for tomorrow

1. Michael (NZL)
2. Silovs (LTV) vs Gélinas (CAN)
3. Zakharov (ROC) vs Park (KOR)
4. Kersten (GB) vs Bosker (NL)
5. Morozov (KAZ) vs Lian (CHN)
6. Trentini (ITA) vs Wang (CHN)
7. Aldoshkin (ROC) vs Dawson (USA)
8. Vosté (BEL) vs Langelaar (CAN)
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9. Lehman (USA) vs Trofimov (ROC)
10. Krol (NL) vs Kongshaug (NOR)
11. Kim (KOR) vs Nuis (NL)
12. Ulekleiv (NOR) vs Swings (BEL)
13. Ichinohe (JAP) vs Mantia (USA)
14. Oda (JAP) vs Ning (CHN)
15. Johansson (NOR) vs Howe (CAN)

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draw 5.000m women

1. Horikawa (JAP) vs Zhuyeva (BLR)
2. Han Mei (CHN) vs Czyszcon (POL)
3. In T'Hof (NL) vs Voronina (ROC)
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4. Sáblikova (CZE) vs Oshigiri (JAP)
5. Weidemann (CAN) vs Wiklund (NOR)
6. Schouten (NL) vs Lollobrigida (ITA)

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draw 10.000m men (for tomorrow)

1. Michael (NZL) vs Fish (CAN)
2. Malfatti (ITA) vs Roest (NL)
3. Tsuchiya (JAP) vs Beckert (GER)
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4. Rumjanchev (ROC) vs Bergsma (NL)
5. Van der Poel (SWE) vs Ghiotto (ITA)
6. Bloemen (CAN) vs Swings (BEL)

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draw team pursuit women

1. Japan vs China
2. Norway vs Netherlands
3. Belarus vs Canada
4. Poland vs ROC-Russia

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draw 500m men

1. Gelinas (Canada) vs Kleba (USA)
2. Arzjanikov (Kazakhstan) vs Kersten (GB)
3. Krol (Netherlands) vs Rosanelli (Italy)
4. Junio (Canada) vs Bosa (Italy)
5. Magnussen (Norway) vs Stolz (Norway)
6. Liiv (Estonia) vs Dufter (Germany)
7. Gao Tingyu (China) vs Zurek (Poland)
8. Scheperkamp (Netherlands) vs Murasjov (ROC-Russia)
9. Verbij (Netherlands) vs Kania (Poland)
10. Kania (Poland) vs Cha Min-Kyu (South Korea)
11. Kim Kun-Ho (South Korea) vs Lorentzen (Norway)
12. Golovatchuk (Belarus) vs Michalski (Poland)
13. Murakami (Japan) vs Arefjev (ROC-Russia)
14. Mustjakov (ROC-Russia) vs Morishege (Japan)
15. Dubreuil (Canada) vs Shinhama (Japan)

[Nicky91]

team pursuit women qualifiers

1. Japan 2,53,61
2. Canada 2,53,97
3. Netherlands 2,57,26
4. ROC-Russia 2,57,66


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failed to qualify

5. China 3,00,58
6. Norway 3,01,84
7. Poland 3,01,92
8. Belarus, 3,02,00

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draw team pursuit quarter finals men

1. South Korea vs Italy
2. Netherlands vs Canada
3. USA vs Norway
4. China vs ROC-Russia

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draw women's 500m

1. Hogas (Romania) vs Rodriguez (Argentina)
2. Tas (Belgium) vs Samsonsen (Norway)
3. Zdrahalova (Czech Republic) vs Ripsrud (Norway)
4. Herzog (Austria) vs Miho Takagi (Japan)
5. Hudey (Canada) vs Bowe (USA)
6. Ajdova (Kazakhstan) vs Huang (Chinese Taipei)
7. Jin (China) vs Leerdam (Netherlands)
8. McLean (Canada) vs Michelle de Jong (Netherlands)
9. Kok (Netherlands) vs McDougall (Canada)
10. Go (Japan) vs Kim (South Korea)
11. Goetz (USA) vs Kachanova (ROC-Russia)
12. Tian (China) vs Nifantava (Belarus)
13. Golikova (ROC-Russia) vs Kodaira (Japan)
14. Jackson (USA) vs Ziomek (Poland)
15. Fatkoelina (ROC-Russia) vs Wójcik (Poland)

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full men's 1.000m top 10 result

1. Thomas Krol (Netherlands)
2. Laurent Dubreuil (Canada)
3. Havard Lorentzen (Norway)
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4. Piotr Michalski (Poland)
5. Ning Zhongyan (China)
6. Ignat Golovatchuk (Belarus)
7. Marten Liiv (Estonia)
8. Viktor Mustchakov (Russia)
9. Cornelius Kersten (GB)
10. Hein Otterspeer (Netherlands)