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zapata said:Well, that was a splendid race! Good job by kowalchyk, she looked pretty spent for a while, and I really thought Bjørgen would win it until the last meters.
Coming up, Norway vs Holland in the bronze final of the team pursuit..
Moondance said:Ahhhh.... It might not take away the shame of losing to a couple of American teenagers, but it's always nice to beat the Norwegians at speed skating
Keep your Oscar Mathiesen, Ivan Ballangrud, Knut Johanessen and Johann Olav Koss, we're the best now, B!tches!
Shame that both the Norwegians and Dutch beat the North American times. We are the best two countries, but I guess both the Euro powerhouses took the semis yesterday far too easy.
Yeah, it is really sickening I know. I mean the same three guys who lost to the Americans yesterday skated 3.5 secs faster than they did yesterday and about 1.5 secs faster than the Canadians did for the gold. They probably saw Hedrick, Kuck and Hansen and thought they had it in the bag. Also Kramer skated something like 5 1/2 laps today, and I see no reason why he shouldn't have done so yesterday, when he rode about 4. Just because there are two others guys on the team doesn't mean they have to ride if there is a better option.zapata said:Hehe! Apart from the "b*tches" part, I have to agree. How a dutch team with Kramer on it could lose out to Usa, I don't know.
zapata said:Now to find out: which is the greatest nation on earth, cananda or usa?
zapata said:I haven't been watching much team pursuit-skating before, but it's certainly a good event for tv. Could be longer, though? To me, personally, the heats are just finished to soon.. Why not 12 or 16 laps, instead of 8?
zapata said:Plus, it would probably be less suited to TV if it was much longer. Still, to me personally, I like the longer distances better, don't know why. Never could concentrate on the hundred meters running either.
Moondance said:Same for me.... I know why though, it's because they were the distances where the Norwegians always won.
In speedskating the 500 m is just ridiculously short (the time differences are sometimes within the margin of error of the measuring system) but to me the 1500 meters is the absolute pinnacle of long track skating, and no less glorious than the 10 k.zapata said:That might have something to do with it..but in general, the longer races appeal to me, and seem more glorious, wether it's Milano-San Remo, Vasaloppet, the 50 km cross country skiing, or 10 000 meters skating, the distance is what sets it apart and makes it special.
theyoungest said:... that being said, the 5 and 10 k of Johan Olav Koss in the '94 Olympics are among my favourite sports moments of all time.