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Friday, 27 November 2009
Speed Skating Canada and the Dutch Speed Skating Association (KNSB) announced their teams for the World Cups in Calgary and Salt Lake City. The following athletes are selected.
Canada World Cup Calgary The Netherlands World Cup Calgary and Salt Lake City 500m Women: Anastasia Bucsis Christine Nesbitt Tamara Oudenaarden Shannon Rempel Brittany Schussler Men: Jamie Gregg Vincent Labrie Mike Ireland Muncef Ouardi Kyle Parrot Women: Annette Gerritsen Margot Boer Thijsje Oenema Natasja Bruintjes Laurine v. Riessen Men: Jan Smeekens Ronald Mulder Stefan Groothuis Simon Kuipers Jan Bos 1000m Women: Kristina Groves Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt Shannon Rempel Brittany Schussler Men: Jamie Gregg Denny Morrison Kyle Parrot François-Oliver Roberge Jeremy Wotherspoon Women: Annette Gerritsen Natasja Bruintjes Margot Boer Ireen Wüst Laurine v. Riessen Men: Stefan Groothuis Simon Kuipers Mark Tuitert Jan Bos Remco Olde Heuvel 1500m Women: Kristina Groves Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt Shannon Rempel Brittany Schussler Men: Steven Elm Mathieu Giroux Lucas Makowsky Mykola Makowsky Denny Morrison Women: Ireen Wüst Margot Boer Diane Valkenburg Marrit Leenstra Elma de Vries Men: Stefan Groothuis Mark Tuitert Rhian Ket Simon Kuipers Kjeld Nuis 3000m Kristina Groves Clara Hughes Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler Ireen Wüst Monique Kleinsman Diane Valkenburg Renate Groenewold Jorien Voorhuis 5000m Men: Jordan Belchos Mathieu Giroux Lucas Makowsky Denny Morrison Jay Morrison Men: Sven Kramer Bob de Jong Jan Blokhuijsen Carl Verheijen Wouter Olde Heuvel
Sunday, 22 November 2009
After a 4th place in Berlin two weeks ago and a bronze medal in Heerenveen last weekend, Kristina Groves continued to improve her results in the 1500m today, when she finished first in the distance on the second day of the World Cup in Hamar. She crossed the finish line after 1:55.16, beating silver-medalist Ireen Wüst (1:55.95) and bronze-medalist Martina Sablikova (1:56.34).
In the 10k, Sven Kramer once again proved to be the man to beat in the longer distances when he raced to a new track record time of 12:50.96. Second was Bob de Jong in 12:54.97, and Ivan Skobrev finished third in 13:01.41. Noteworthy was Arjen van der Kieft’s 13.04.38 in the B group earlier this morning. This would have been fast enough for a 5th place finish in the A group.
For complete results see here.
For video material see here.
Saturday, 21 November 2009
On the first day of the World Cup in Hamar there was another 1500m gold medal for Shani Davis. After Berlin en Hamar, Davis once again raced to the fastest time: 1:44.27. This was a new track record and the fastest ever skated on an oval at sea level. Somewhat of a surprise was Lucas Makowsky’s second place finish, which was his first individual World Cup medal. Moreover, his 1:45.40 was a new personal best. Håvard Bøkko finished third in 1:45.61.
"What a race! Not only did I skate a personal best here in Hamar, but I stepped onto the podium for the first time in my skating career. I've looked up to the top guys like Shani and Håvard for years now, so to share the podium with them today was something else!", Makowsky said on his website.
Photo credits: DESGphoto/Lars Hagen
In the women’s 5000m Martina Sablikova raced to a new track record time of 6:50.07, which earned her the gold medal. Second was Stephanie Beckert in 6:52.79, and the bronze was for Daniela Anschütz Thoms (6:59.62).
For complete results see here.
For video material see here.
Sunday, 15 November 2009
On the third and final day of the World Cup in Heerenveen the Netherlands and the United States both finished first in the men’s Team Pursuit, which made for a very crowded highest step of the podium. J On the women’s side Team Canada raced to a new track record time, beating the Dutch and Russian teams, and earlier today Christine Nesbitt and Shani Davis finished first in the 1000m, so all in all it was a very good day for the North-Americans.
For complete results see here.
Click here for video material of the World Cup in Heerenveen.
Saturday, 14 November 2009
On the second day of the World Cup in Heerenveen, the podium of the women’s 500m was an exact copy of yesterday’s 500m, with a gold medal for Jenny Wolf, a silver medal for Beixing Wang, and a bronze medal for Annette Gerritsen. On the men’s side Joji Kato was the only speed skater today to finish the 500m under 35 seconds, after which Ireen Wüst raced to the first time in the women’s 1500m. Biggest surprise of the day, however, was the close finish in the men’s 5000m: only 0.09 seconds separated the gold from the silver medal, with Sven Kramer finishing first, while Bob de Jong had to settle for silver.
For complete results see here.
Friday, 13 November 2009
The first day of the World Cup in Heerenveen turned out to be an eventful one. For Marianne Timmer this Friday 13th was a very unfortunate day, when her pair in the 500m, Jing Yu, fell and took Timmer down with her. Both were carried off the ice on a stretcher.
For Shani Davis, on the other hand, this Friday 13th was a great day, when he raced to another track record in the 1500m: 1:44.48.
For complete results, click here. Make sure to stay tuned for more World Cup news later this weekend!
Sunday, 8 November 2009
On the third and final day of the World Cup in Berlin there were gold medals for Jenny Wolf and Tucker Fredricks in the 500m, and Christine Nesbitt and Shani Davis reigned in the 1500m.
In the women’s 500m Jenny Wolf finished first in a new track record time of 37.52. Yesterday’s gold-medalist Beixing Wang claimed the silver medal after racing to 37.94, and the bronze medal was for Annette Gerritsen (38.27).
On the men’s side Tucker Fredricks raced to the fastest time of the day in the 500m: 35.06, where Friday’s gold-medalist Kang-Seok Lee needed 35.10 (0) to finish second. Kyou-Hyuk Lee, good for a silver medal on Friday, claimed today’s bronze (35.10 (5)).
In the women’s 1500m there was another gold medal for Christine Nesbitt after her gold medal in yesterday’s 1000m. She crossed the finish line after 1:55.54. Second was Friday’s gold-medalist in the 3000m Martina Sablikova, who finished her 1500m in 1:56.99, and the bronze medal was for another Canadian: Brittany Schussler clocked 1:57.26.
Shani Davis raced to an amazing new track record time of 1:44.47 in the 1500m, which was also the fastest ever skated in this distance at sea level. Second was Håvard Bøkko, he finished in 1:45.56, and the bronze medal was for Denny Morrison (1:45.69).
For complete results see here.
Saturday, 7 November 2009
On the second day of the World Cup in Berlin Beixing Wang, Sven Kramer and Christine Nesbitt finished first in respectively the 500m, 5000m and 1000m.
In the first distance of the day, the women’s 500m, Beixing Wang gave a good start to her season when she raced to a time of 37.85; she was the only one to skate under 38. Second was Jenny Wolf, who needed 38.04 for the distance, and the bronze medal was for Nao Kodaira (38.19).
Next up was the men’s 5000m, in which Sven Kramer raced to the fastest time: 6:14.69. Second was Håvard Bøkko, who clocked 6:17.17, and Bob de Jong claimed the bronze medal (6:19.22).
In the women’s 1000m Christine Nesbitt raced to a time of 1:15.41, which earned her the gold medal. Nao Kodaira finished second (1:15.92), and bronze-medalist was Marianne Timmer (1:16.13).
For complete results see here.
Friday, 6 November 2009
On the first day of the first World Cup of this Olympic season, in Berlin, there were gold medals for Kang-Seok Lee, Martina Sablikova and Shani Davis in respectively the 500m, 3000m and 1000m.
In the first distance of the day, the men’s 500m, Kang-Seok Lee was the only skater that managed to finish the distance under 35 seconds: 34.80. Silver-medalist was Kyou-Hyuk Lee (35.02), and the bronze was for Keiichiro Nagashima (35.13).
In the women’s 3000m Martina Sablikova raced to a new track record time of 4:00.75. Second was Masako Hozumi (4:06.25), and Stephanie Beckert finished third in 4:07.17.
In the men’s 1000m Shani davis also skated to a new track record time: 1:08.53. Yevgeny Lalenkov finished second in 1:09.11, and the bronze medal was for Joon Mun (1:09.43).
For complete results see here.
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Four distances were skated on the final day of the Dutch Single Distances Championships in Heerenveen, resulting in gold medals for Annette Gerritsen, Rhian Ket, Renate Groenewold and Sven Kramer in respectively the 1500m for women and men, the 5000m and the 10k.
Annette Gerritsen raced to her third gold medal of the weekend when she finished first in today’s 1500m. After her victories in the 500m and the 1000m, 1:58.69 proved to be fast enough to finish first once again. Second was Ireen Wüst (1:58.92), and the bronze medal was for Diane Valkenburg (1:59.29).
In the men’s 1500m Rhian Ket claimed the gold medal after skating to a new personal best time of 1:45.89. The silver medal was for Mark Tuitert (1:46.19), and yesterday’s gold-medalist in the 1000m Stefan Groothuis finished third in 1:46.39. Last year’s Dutch champion in the 1500m Sven Kramer finished 10th in 1:47.36.
Next was the women’s 5000m, in which Renate Groenewold skated to the fastest time of the day: 7:14.90. The silver medal was for Moniek Kleinsman (7:17.23), and Gretha Smit finished third (7:19.18).
In the final distance of the competition, the men’s 10k, Sven Kramer revenged his 10th place in the 1500m by skating to a time of 13:04.95, thereby finishing first. The silver medal was for the current Olympic champion in this distance, Bob de Jong (13:06.60), and Carl Verheijen clocked 13:11.81, good for the bronze medal.
For complete results click here.
For video material click here.
