Hege Bøkko, Maren Haugli, Ida Njåtun did an ok TP job today, but I suppose their performance reflect a lack of hard training on the technicalities of the...
Ykema has his topyears in the period 1986-1989. Hij became famous because of his ‘pikstart’ (a quick picking start). Olympic Games Calgary 1988: silver...
What's the story with Jan Ykema (who won the 500 m silver in the 1988 Olympics)? This was sort of referred to today by the Norwegian television commentators...
I agree with Zavo here, and we should very warmly welcome every Korean who skates well at distances longer than the 1500. Does this guy have a registred time...
I didn't remember his name, but yes he was a good shorttracker. He took part in the 2008 world championships, finishing 4th overall and 1st on the 3K. The...
I was impressed with his 5K of 6.25 and I think he can do even better, his last laps were his fastest laps. Apparently he comes from short track. Does anybody...
Standings after Heerenveen: These are the spots, countries are entitled to. Individual skaters have to make qualification times to take part. Sometimes, a...
Today Roger made the 33rd place in the B-group (7.00,54, 4,8 seconds faster than Berlin) Verdict: - Too much emphasis on the curves, too little on the...
Sportweek Magazine interviewed Marianne Timmer today. "When I saw my ankle I thought: end of my career." Nothing broken, the tendon is still intact, was the...
What's the latest news regarding Timmer and her ankle? It was said on Norwegian television that she would need "four weeks" to get back to ordinary training;...
Indoor Lowland 500m Women, sorted on top 25 fastest results: 1 37,51 JENNY WOLF GER Kolomna 24-01-2009 1 2 37,52 Jenny Wolf ( 2) Hamar V 25-01-2008 1 37,52...
Todays 1500m men saw a lot of changes in the season ranking, but hardly any in the all-time list. Davis continues to amaze, today taking over Wennemars' 1500m...
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Apparently the skate of Marian entered the buttock of the Chinese. It's not certain yet if the ankle is broken or if only the ligaments are damaged or so. Orie...
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After a fall of Yin Ju in the last inner corner, she could not avoid hitting Timmer in the outer lane, both ladies bumped into the cussions, and stayed down on...
Did I use the word 'amazing' for Davos on the 1000m, I would like to use 'astounding' for Kramer on the 5000m. (and there are lot's more where they came from...
Davis was very good on my earlier 1500 ranking list. On the 1000m he is amazing: This season lowland top-30 best performances on the 1000m: 1.08.53 DAVIS Shani...
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There is a rather long update on Claudia Pechstein's webpage: http://www.claudia-pechstein.de/index2.shtml - I have translated some of the bits I found gives...