2018–19 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1

The first competition weekend of the 2018–19 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held at the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval in Obihiro, Japan, from Friday, 16 November, until Sunday, 18 November 2018.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Schedule edit

The detailed event schedule:[8]

 Date   Events   Division 
 Friday, 16 November   500 m women (1) 
 500 m men (1) 
 B 
 Mass start men semifinal 1 men 
 Mass start men semifinal 2 men 
 Team pursuit women 
 Team pursuit men 
 500 m women (1) 
 500 m men (1) 
 A 
 Saturday, 17 November   500 m women (2) 
 500 m men (2) 
 1500 m women 
 1500 m men 
 B 
 500 m women (1) 
 1500 m women 
 1500 m men 
 500 m men (2) 
 A 
 Mass start final women  
 Mass start final men 
 Sunday, 18 November   1000 m women 
 1000 m men 
 3000 m women 
 5000 m men 
 B 
 1000 m women 
 1000 m men 
 3000 m women 
 5000 m men 
 A 
 Team sprint women 
 Team sprint men 

Medal summary edit

Men's events edit

Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report
500 m 1   Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen 34.732   Pavel Kulizhnikov 34.777   Tatsuya Shinhama 34.871 [9]
2   Pavel Kulizhnikov 34.619   Ryohei Haga 34.716   Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen 34.771 [10]
1000 m   Pavel Kulizhnikov 1:07.858   Kjeld Nuis 1:08.392   Thomas Krol 1:08.623 [11]
1500 m   Denis Yuskov 1:44.550   Kjeld Nuis 1:44.819   Patrick Roest 1:45.124 [12]
5000 m   Patrick Roest 6:13.019   Aleksandr Rumyantsev 6:17.677   Marcel Bosker 6:18.121 [13]
Mass start   Andrea Giovannini 62 A   Simon Schouten 40 A   Um Cheon-ho 20 A [14]
Team pursuit   Russia
Aleksandr Rumyantsev
Danila Semerikov
Sergey Trofimov
3:41.260   Netherlands
Douwe de Vries
Chris Huizinga
Marcel Bosker
3:42.140   Norway
Håvard Bøkko
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
Simen Spieler Nilsen
3:42.770 [15]
Team sprint   Netherlands
Michel Mulder
Kai Verbij
Kjeld Nuis
1:19.780   Norway
Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen
Johann Jørgen Sæves
Henrik Fagerli Rukke
1:20.790   Canada
Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu
Laurent Dubreuil
Christopher Fiola
1:20.980 [16]
A In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race based on results of the intermediate sprints and the final sprint. 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   Nao Kodaira 37.496   Vanessa Herzog 37.624   Maki Tsuji 38.040 [17]
2   Nao Kodaira 37.298   Vanessa Herzog 37.651   Olga Fatkulina 37.876 [18]
1000 m   Vanessa Herzog 1:14.568   Miho Takagi 1:14.824   Nao Kodaira 1:14.842 [19]
1500 m   Brittany Bowe 1:55.034   Miho Takagi 1:55.127   Yekaterina Shikhova 1:55.458 [20]
3000 m   Esmee Visser 4:04.60   Natalia Voronina 4:05.02   Martina Sáblíková 4:05.23 [21]
Mass start   Nana Takagi 120 A   Irene Schouten 108 A   Kim Bo-reum 96 A [22]
Team pursuit   Japan
Nana Takagi
Miho Takagi
Ayano Sato
2:57.800   Netherlands
Ireen Wüst
Lotte van Beek
Joy Beune
3:00.130   Russia
Evgeniya Lalenkova
Natalya Voronina
Elizaveta Kazelina
3:01.110 [23]
Team sprint   Russia
Yekaterina Shikhova
Olga Fatkulina
Angelina Golikova
1:27.230   Japan
Maki Tsuji
Nao Kodaira
Konami Soga
1:27.350   Netherlands
Janine Smit
Letitia de Jong
Jutta Leerdam
1:28.810 [24]
A In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race based on results of the intermediate sprints and the final sprint. The skater with most race points is the winner.

References edit

  1. ^ "ISU World Cup Speed Skating Announcement". International Skating Union. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Home glory for Japan at Speed Skating World Cup". Eurosport. 16 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Netherlands clinch three golds in Obihiro". Eurosport. 18 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Speed skating: Takagi wins silver, Kodaira bronze in World Cup 1,000". The Mainichi. 18 November 2018. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  5. ^ Nancy Gillen (16 November 2018). "Japan dominate first day of home ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Obihiro". insidethegames.biz.
  6. ^ Nick Zaccardi (17 November 2018). "Brittany Bowe gets first World Cup win since concussion". NBC Sports.
  7. ^ Karen Price (17 November 2018). "Brittany Bowe Opens Speedskating World Cup Season With First 1,500 Gold In 3 Seasons". Team USA.[dead link]
  8. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018". International Skating Union. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  9. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result 500m Men Division A". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  10. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result 500m Men Division A". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  11. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result 1000m Men Division A". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  12. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result 1500m Men Division A". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  13. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result 5000m Men Division A". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  14. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result Mass Start Men Division A". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  15. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result Team Pursuit Men". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  16. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result Team Sprint Men". International Skating Union. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  17. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result 500m Ladies Division A". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  18. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result 500m Ladies Division A". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  19. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result 1000m Ladies Division A". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  20. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  21. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result 3000m Ladies Division A". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  22. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result Mass Start Ladies". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  23. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result Team Pursuit Ladies". International Skating Union. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  24. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 16-18, 2018 – Result Team Sprint Ladies". International Skating Union. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.