2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4 explained

The fourth competition weekend of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 12 December, until Sunday, 14 December 2014.[1]

Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia continued his brilliant form from the start of the season by winning three gold medals in the men's competitions; both 500 m races,[2] [3] and the 1000 m race.[4]

In the women's competitions, Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe made it a "triple double" for the United States by taking gold and silver in three races, the second 500 m,[3] the 1000 m,[4] and the 1500 m.[3]

In the men's 500 m on Friday, Christian Oberbichler of Austria improved his own national record,[5] set only the previous weekend. In the 5000 m race on Saturday, Viktor Hald Torup of Denmark set a new national record, and Nils van der Poel of Sweden set a national junior record.[6]

Schedule

The detailed schedule of events:[7] [8]

 Date  Session  Events  Comment 
 Friday, 12 December  Afternoon  12:00: 500 m women (1) 
 12:40: 500 m men (1) 
 13:34: 3000 m women 		 Division B 
 Evening  16:00: 3000 m women 
 16:59: 500 m women (1) 
 17:22: 500 m men (1) 		 Division A 
 18:12: Team pursuit men 
 Saturday, 13 December  Morning  09:30: 1000 m women 
 10:24: 1000 m men 
 11:29: 5000 m men 		 Division B 
 Afternoon  14:00: 1000 m women 
 14:46: 5000 m men 		 Division A 
 16:33: Team pursuit women 
 17:21: 1000 m men  Division A 
 Sunday, 14 December  Morning  09:00: 1500 m women 
 10:03: 1500 m men 
 11:31: 500 m women (2) 
 12:09: 500 m men (2) 		 Division B 
 Afternoon  14:00: 1500 m women 
 14:54: 1500 m men 
 15:47: 500 m women (2) 
 16:29: 500 m men (2) 		 Division A 
 17:11: Mass start women 
 17:31: Mass start men 
All times are CET (UTC+1).

Medal summary

Men's events

EventRace #GoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTimeReport
500 m1Pavel Kulizhnikov
34.63 Artur Waś
34.91 Laurent Dubreuil
35.16 [9]
2Pavel Kulizhnikov
34.58 Artur Waś
34.87 Jan Smeekens
35.01 [10]
1000 mPavel Kulizhnikov
1:08.77 Kjeld Nuis
1:09.04 Hein Otterspeer
1:09.06 [11]
1500 mJan Szymański
1:45.92 Wouter olde Heuvel
1:46.22 Shani Davis
1:46.33 [12]
5000 mSven Kramer
6:12.74 Jorrit Bergsma
6:14.08 Wouter olde Heuvel
6:19,58 [13]
Mass startJorrit Bergsma
70 Lee Seung-hoon
40 Fabio Francolini
20 [14]
Team pursuit
Kim Cheol-min
Ko Byung-wook
Lee Seung-hoon 		3:44.57
Arjan Stroetinga
Frank Vreugdenhil
Douwe de Vries 		3:44.97
Håvard Bøkko
Fredrik van der Horst
Sverre Lunde Pedersen 		3:45.52 [15] [16]

In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

Women's events

EventRace #GoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTimeReport
500 m1Lee Sang-hwa
37.69 Nao Kodaira
37.70 Judith Hesse
37.88 [17]
2Heather Richardson
37.72 Brittany Bowe
38.05 Lee Sang-hwa
38.07 [18]
1000 mHeather Richardson
1:14.63 Brittany Bowe
1:14.68 Li Qishi
1:15.71 [19]
1500 mHeather Richardson
1:53.87 Brittany Bowe
1:54.70 Marrit Leenstra
1:55.95 [20]
3000 mMartina Sáblíková
4:02.84 Ireen Wüst
4:03.14 Carlijn Achtereekte
4:05.95 [21]
Mass startIvanie Blondin
60 Kim Bo-reum
40 Irene Schouten
20 [22]
Team pursuit
Carlijn Achtereekte
Linda de Vries
Marrit Leenstra 		2:59.69
Bente Kraus
Claudia Pechstein
Isabell Ost 		3:01.96
Aleksandra Goss
Katarzyna Woźniak
Luiza Złotkowska 		3:02.31 [23] [24]

In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: International Skating Union – Communication No. 1889 . International Skating Union . PDF . 10 September 2014 . 10 November 2014 . 10 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141110074813/http://static.isu.org/media/158518/1889-world-cup-ss-2014-15-update-sep10.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 - Heerenveen (NED) Day 1 . International Skating Union . 12 December 2014 . 21 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141214095243/http://www.isu.org/en/speed-skating/news/2014/12/isu-world-cup-speed-skating-heerenveen-ned-day-1 . 14 December 2014 . dead .
  3. Web site: ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 - Heerenveen (NED) Day 3 . International Skating Union . 14 December 2014 . 21 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141215235004/http://www.isu.org/en/speed-skating/news/2014/12/isu-world-cup-speed-skating-heerenveen-ned-day-3 . 15 December 2014 . dead .
  4. Web site: ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 - Heerenveen (NED) Day 2 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2014 . 25 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141214092053/http://www.isu.org/en/speed-skating/news/2014/12/isu-world-cup-speed-skating-heerenveen-ned-day-2 . 14 December 2014 . dead .
  5. Web site: ISU World Cup – Heerenveen (NED) – 12 - 14 December 2014 – 500m Men - Division B – 12 December 2014 . SpeedskatingResults.com . 12 December 2014 . 16 January 2015 .
  6. Web site: ISU World Cup – Heerenveen (NED) – 12 - 14 December 2014 – 5000m Men - Division B – 13 December 2014 . SpeedskatingResults.com . 12 December 2014 . 16 January 2015 .
  7. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 . International Skating Union . 14 December 2014 .
  8. Web site: Announcement . KNSB . PDF . 14 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141214235843/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/180209/announcement-isu-world-cup-speed-skating-heerenveen-december-2014.pdf . 14 December 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  9. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 13 2014 5:05PM . International Skating Union . 13 December 2014 . 21 December 2014 .
  10. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 14 2014 5:06PM . International Skating Union . 14 December 2014 . 21 December 2014 .
  11. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result 1000m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 13 2014 5:45PM . International Skating Union . 13 December 2014 . 25 December 2014 .
  12. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result 1500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 14 2014 3:59PM . International Skating Union . 14 December 2014 . 30 December 2014 .
  13. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result 5000m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 13 2014 5:05PM . International Skating Union . 13 December 2014 . 26 December 2014 .
  14. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Dec 14 2014 6:24PM . International Skating Union . 14 December 2014 . 1 January 2015 .
  15. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result Team Pursuit Men – Rankings as of Dec 13 2014 5:05PM . International Skating Union . 13 December 2014 . 24 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141225011859/http://live.isuresults.eu/2014-2015/heerenveen-1/r406.htm . 25 December 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  16. Web site: Competition: 4. Weltcup 2014/2015 – Men, Team, 8 Runden, Division A . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 24 December 2014 .
  17. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 13 2014 5:05PM . International Skating Union . 13 December 2014 . 19 December 2014 .
  18. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 14 2014 4:32PM . International Skating Union . 14 December 2014 . 19 December 2014 .
  19. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result 1000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 13 2014 5:05PM . International Skating Union . 13 December 2014 . 25 December 2014 .
  20. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 14 2014 2:42PM . International Skating Union . 14 December 2014 . 28 December 2014 .
  21. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result 3000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 13 2014 5:05PM . International Skating Union . 13 December 2014 . 23 December 2014 .
  22. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result Mass Start Ladies – Rankings as of Dec 14 2014 6:21PM . International Skating Union . 14 December 2014 . 31 December 2014 .
  23. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Dec 13 2014 5:05PM . International Skating Union . 13 December 2014 . 27 December 2014 .
  24. Web site: Competition: 4. Weltcup 2014/2015 – Ladies, Team, 6 Runden, Division A . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 27 December 2014 .

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