2021 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships

The 2021 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships were held between 11 and 14 February 2021, at Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands.[1]

2021 World Single Distances
Speed Skating Championships
VenueThialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands
Dates11–14 February
2020
2023

Schedule

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All times are local (UTC+1).[2]

Date Time Events
11 February 14:50 3000 m ladies
16:01 5000 m men
12 February 15:10 Team pursuit ladies
15:33 Team pursuit men
16:13 500 m men
16:56 500 m ladies
13 February 15:13 1000 m ladies
16:02 1000 m men
16:55 Mass start final ladies
17:10 Mass start final men
14 February 12:35 1500 m ladies
13:32 1500 m men
14:28 5000 m ladies
15:35 10000 m men

Russia doping ban

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On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four years, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated. As a result of the ban, WADA plans to allow individually cleared Russian athletes to take part in the 2021-2022 World Championships and 2022 Summer Olympics under a neutral banner, as instigated at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but they will not be permitted to compete in team sports. The title of the neutral banner has yet to be determined; WADA Compliance Review Committee head Jonathan Taylor stated that the IOC would not be able to use "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR) as it did in 2018, emphasizing that neutral athletes cannot be portrayed as representing a specific country.[3][4][5] Russia later filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the WADA decision.[6] After reviewing the case on appeal, CAS ruled on 17 December 2020 to reduce the penalty that WADA had placed on Russia. Instead of banning Russia from sporting events, the ruling allowed Russia to participate at the Olympics and other international events, but for a period of two years, the team cannot use the Russian name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team". The ruling does allow for team uniforms to display "Russia" on the uniform as well as the use of the Russian flag colors within the uniform's design, although the name should be up to equal predominance as the "Neutral Athlete/Team" designation.[7]

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Netherlands)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Netherlands*76518
2  United States2103
3  Sweden2002
4Russian Skating Union13711
5  Canada1315
6  Norway1001
7  Czech Republic0101
8  Belgium0011
Totals (8 entries)14141442

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 m[8]
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Laurent Dubreuil
  Canada
34.398 Pavel Kulizhnikov
Russian Skating Union
34.540 Dai Dai Ntab
  Netherlands
34.628
1000 m[9]
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Kai Verbij
  Netherlands
1:08.052 Pavel Kulizhnikov
Russian Skating Union
1:08.313 Laurent Dubreuil
  Canada
1:08.569
1500 m[10]
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Thomas Krol
  Netherlands
1:43.752 Kjeld Nuis
  Netherlands
1:44.110 Patrick Roest
  Netherlands
1:45.493
5000 m[11]
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Nils van der Poel
  Sweden
6:08.395
NR
Patrick Roest
  Netherlands
6:10.050 Sergey Trofimov
Russian Skating Union
6:13.020
10000 m[12]
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Nils van der Poel
  Sweden
12:32.952
WR
Jorrit Bergsma
  Netherlands
12:45.868 Aleksandr Rumyantsev
Russian Skating Union
12:54.746
NR
Team pursuit[13]
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  Netherlands
Marcel Bosker
Patrick Roest
Beau Snellink
3:41.429   Canada
Jordan Belchos
Ted-Jan Bloemen
Connor Howe
3:41.711 Russian Skating Union
Danila Semerikov
Sergey Trofimov
Ruslan Zakharov
3:42.662
Mass start[14]
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Joey Mantia
  United States
60 Arjan Stroetinga
  Netherlands
40 Bart Swings
  Belgium
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Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 m[15]
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Angelina Golikova
Russian Skating Union
37.141 Femke Kok
  Netherlands
37.281 Olga Fatkulina
Russian Skating Union
37.455
1000 m[16]
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Brittany Bowe
  United States
1:14.128 Jutta Leerdam
  Netherlands
1:14.672 Elizaveta Golubeva
Russian Skating Union
1:14.848
1500 m[17]
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Ragne Wiklund
  Norway
1:54.613 Brittany Bowe
  United States
1:55.034 Evgeniia Lalenkova
Russian Skating Union
1:55.099
3000 m[18]
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Antoinette de Jong
  Netherlands
3:58.470 Martina Sáblíková
  Czech Republic
3:58.579 Irene Schouten
  Netherlands
3:59.757
5000 m[19]
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Irene Schouten
  Netherlands
6:48.537 Natalya Voronina
Russian Skating Union
6:50.997 Carlijn Achtereekte
  Netherlands
6:52.220
Team pursuit[20]
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  Netherlands
Antoinette de Jong
Irene Schouten
Ireen Wüst
2:55.795   Canada
Ivanie Blondin
Valérie Maltais
Isabelle Weidemann
2:55.973 Russian Skating Union
Elizaveta Golubeva
Evgeniia Lalenkova
Natalya Voronina
2:59.358
Mass start[21]
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Marijke Groenewoud
  Netherlands
60 Ivanie Blondin
  Canada
42 Irene Schouten
  Netherlands
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References

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  1. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (5 November 2020). "ISU Council approves Heerenveen as speed skating hub for 2021 World Cup legs". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Announcement". isu.org. International Skating Union. 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ MacInnes, Paul (9 December 2019). "Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and football World Cup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup". BBC Sport. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ^ "WADA lawyer defends lack of blanket ban on Russia". The Japan Times. AP. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Russia Confirms It Will Appeal 4-Year Olympic Ban". Time. AP. 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019.
  7. ^ Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  8. ^ Men's 500 metres results
  9. ^ Men's 1000 metres results
  10. ^ Men's 1500 metres results
  11. ^ Men's 5000 metres results
  12. ^ Men's 10000 metres results
  13. ^ Men's Team pursuit results
  14. ^ Men's mass start results
  15. ^ Women's 500 metres results
  16. ^ Women's 1000 metres results
  17. ^ Women's 1500 metres results
  18. ^ Women's 3000 metres results
  19. ^ Women's 5000 metres results
  20. ^ Women's Team pursuit results
  21. ^ Women's mass start results