The first competition weekend of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval in Obihiro, Japan, from Friday, 14 November, until Sunday, 16 November 2014.[1]
Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia made a successful World Cup debut by taking the silver medal in the men's first 500 m race on Friday,[2] and then winning both the 1000 m race on Saturday[3] and the second 500 m race on Sunday.[4] Sven Kramer of the Netherlands won gold medals in both 5000 m[2] and team pursuit.[3]
Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands managed to win three gold medals over the weekend, in the women's 1500[4] and 3000 m races,[2] and as part of the Dutch team in the team pursuit.[3] She also won a silver medal in the 1000 m competition.[3] Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea took the gold medal in both 500 m races.[2][4]
No world records were set during the weekend, but in the women's 500 m, Vanessa Bittner of Austria set a new national record on both senior and junior level in the A division of the Sunday race,[4][5] after having won the B division on Friday.[2]
Martin Hänggi of Switzerland, at age 46, set a record as the oldest participant at a World Cup event when he skated in the 5000 m race.[2]
Schedule
editThe detailed schedule of events:[6][7]
| Date | Session | Events | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 14 November | Morning | 10:54: 5000 m men 11:54: 500 m women (1) 12:13: 500 m men (1) 13:00: 3000 m women |
Division B |
| Afternoon | 15:00: 5000 m men 16:22: 500 m women (1) 16:47: 500 m men (1) 17:32: 3000 m women |
Division A | |
| Saturday, 15 November | Morning | 12:25: 1000 m women 13:07: 1000 m men |
Division B |
| Afternoon | 15:00: 1000 m women 15:30: 1000 m men |
Division A | |
| 16:23: Team pursuit men 17:32: Team pursuit women |
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| Sunday, 16 November | Morning | 10:35: 1500 m women 11:28: 1500 m men 12:30: 500 m women (2) 12:49: 500 m men (2) |
Division B |
| Afternoon | 14:30: 1500 m women 15:23: 1500 m men 16:13: 500 m women (2) 16:40: 500 m men (2) |
Division A | |
| 17:25: Mass start women 17:45: Mass start men |
Medal summary
editMen's events
edit| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | Report |
| 500 m | 1 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands |
35.06 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia |
35.16 | Ruslan Murashov Russia |
35.24 | [8] |
| 2 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia |
34.96 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands |
35.09 | Ryohei Haga Japan |
35.17 | [9] | |
| 1000 m | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia |
1:09.23 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands |
1:09.27 | Samuel Schwarz Germany |
1:09.77 | [10] | |
| 1500 m | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands |
1:45.97 | Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands |
1:46.52 | Koen Verweij Netherlands |
1:46.90 | [11] | |
| 5000 m | Sven Kramer Netherlands |
6:20.90 | Aleksandr Rumyantsev Russia |
6:23.56 | Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands |
6:24.03 | [12] | |
| Mass start | Lee Seung-hoon South Korea |
60 A | Kim Cheol-min South Korea |
40 A | Bart Swings Belgium |
20 A | [13] | |
| Team pursuit | Netherlands Sven Kramer Wouter olde Heuvel Douwe de Vries |
3:43.68 | South Korea Lee Seung-hoon Kim Cheol-min Ko Byung-wook |
3:47.15 | Russia Aleksandr Rumyantsev Danila Semerikov Danil Sinitsyn |
3:48.22 | [14] |
- A In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.
Women's events
edit| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | Report |
| 500 m | 1 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea |
38.07 | Nao Kodaira Japan |
38.18 | Olga Fatkulina Russia |
38.50 | [15] |
| 2 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea |
37.92 | Nao Kodaira Japan |
38.06 | Vanessa Bittner Austria |
38.33 NR |
[16] | |
| 1000 m | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands |
1:16.23 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands |
1:16.34 | Li Qishi China |
1:16.54 | [17] | |
| 1500 m | Ireen Wüst Netherlands |
1:56.93 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands |
1:57.76 | Yuliya Skokova Russia |
1:58.10 | [18] | |
| 3000 m | Ireen Wüst Netherlands |
4:04.91 | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic |
4:06.11 | Jorien Voorhuis Netherlands |
4:07.04 | [19] | |
| Mass start | Ivanie Blondin Canada |
61 A | Nana Takagi Japan |
40 A | Irene Schouten Netherlands |
20 A | [20] | |
| Team pursuit | Netherlands Ireen Wüst Marrit Leenstra Marije Joling |
3:02.54 | Japan Nana Takagi Ayaka Kikuchi Maki Tabata |
3:04.78 | Germany Claudia Pechstein Bente Kraus Gabriele Hirschbichler |
3:06.51 | [21] |
- A In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.
References
edit- ^ "International Skating Union – Communication No. 1889" (PDF). International Skating Union. 10 September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 - Obihiro (JPN) Day 1". International Skating Union. 14 November 2014. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 - Obihiro (JPN) Day 2". International Skating Union. 15 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 - Obihiro (JPN) Day 3". International Skating Union. 16 November 2014. Archived from the original on 19 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup – Obihiro (JPN) – 14 - 16 November 2014 – 500m Ladies - Division A – 16 November 2014". SpeedskatingResults.com. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014". International Skating Union. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ "Announcement" (PDF). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 14 2014 5:27PM". International Skating Union. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 16 2014 5:17PM". International Skating Union. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result 1000m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 15 2014 6:06PM". International Skating Union. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result 1500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 16 2014 4:08PM". International Skating Union. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result 5000m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 14 2014 4:20PM". International Skating Union. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Nov 16 2014 8:14PM". International Skating Union. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 11-16, 2014 – Result Team Pursuit Men – Rankings as of Nov 15 2014 6:06PM". International Skating Union. 15 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 14 2014 8:26PM". International Skating Union. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result 500m Ladies Division B – Rankings as of Nov 16 2014 12:36PM". International Skating Union. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result 1000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 15 2014 6:06PM". International Skating Union. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 16 2014 3:04PM". International Skating Union. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result 3000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 14 2014 6:24PM". International Skating Union. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result Mass Start Ladies – Rankings as of Nov 16 2014 7:26PM". International Skating Union. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 11-16, 2014 – Result Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Nov 15 2014 6:06PM". International Skating Union. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.