http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/ Speed Skating Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:29:02 GMT Marcel Warnaar http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44478 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44478 Standings after today: 500 m men: CAN 4, CHN 4, FIN 4, GER 4, ITA 1, JPN 4, KAZ 1, KOR 4, NED 4, NOR 1, POL 2, RUS 3, USA 4 Reserves: 1. POL 2. AUS 3. GBR 4. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:55:22 GMT krasotaspasetmir http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44477 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44477 I was singing Brahms & couldn't watch these two favourite distances of mine on television. Of course I've seen & attempted to digest the results, but I'd like Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:00:24 GMT Robert Hovde http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44476 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44476 Does anybody know whether NOS will have live coverage of next weekend's WCp In Heerenveen via internet and/or the event will be broadcasted on Russian TV? Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:54:57 GMT zavo9 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44475 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44475 He's now officially nominated for the Ådne Søndrål award. Zavo Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:01:27 GMT rolf.rosok http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44474 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44474 I'm impressed of the result achieved by Alexis Contin in the 5k B group. He won with the time 6:22.38. This would be a 5'fth place in the A group. Was the Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:55:41 GMT Paul Hanlin Jr. http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44473 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44473 Women’s 500 1 Heather RICHARDSON USA 39.12 25 2 Heike HARTMANN GER 39.14 19 3 Yekaterina SHIKHOVA RUS 39.42 15 4 Jee-Min AN KOR 39.44 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:13:36 GMT Paul Hanlin Jr. http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44472 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44472 The winners, for the most part... Women's 500 1 Beixing WANG CHN 37.85 100 2 Jenny WOLF GER 38.04 80 3 Nao KODAIRA JPN 38.19 70 4 Annette Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:41:01 GMT Irene Postma http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44471 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44471 Looks to me like 1. he was injured and didn¹t want to use his groin muscles too much 2. or else he was desperately trying to make the Heerenveen B-division Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:26:25 GMT machielsmit http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44470 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44470 Will we see this style more often? Or was it just one, not so succesful, try according to his 7:05.39? His style: Normal corners, but no feet lifting on the Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:00:24 GMT Matthias Opatz http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44469 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44469 ... In the text fove skaters are named: Rob Hadders, Robert Bovenhuis, Arjan Stroetinga, Jorrit Bergsma, Christijn Groeneveld What about ÄàÐÝk Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:07:12 GMT Marcel Warnaar http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44468 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44468 The guaranteed spot is not an extra spot, it will be at the cost of the 16th qualifier. And the Dutch must thank heaven, there is this guaranteed spot. Looking Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:53:31 GMT Preben G. Petersen http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44467 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44467 ... Maybe there is hope for W. Shakespeare and others: Last weekend in Erfurt, Sara Bak made her debut on ice-skates with 45.98 - 1.30.00 - 4.36.18 and this Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:42:09 GMT robert koorneef http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44466 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44466 The 5 dutch skaters with a kazakh 'passport' have lost their dutch nationality and are illegal in Holland at this moment. The article in the Dutch newspaper Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:38:35 GMT Gerrit Stevens http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44465 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44465 Remember 4 years ago. Also bad results on long WC distances and only 2 participants on 5k. If the results do not improve the same scenario is threatening. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:25:05 GMT Adam http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44464 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speed_skating/message/44464 ... Oh yes, old Billy Shakespeare - who also said in The Taming of the Shrew "There's small choice in rotten apples." In a way it's true - we'll gladly see