2021 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships Explained

Event:2021 World Single Distances
Speed Skating Championships
Venue:Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands
Dates:11–14 February
Prev:2020
Next:2023

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

Schedule

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

DateTimeEvents
11 February14:503000 m ladies
16:015000 m men
12 February15:10Team pursuit ladies
15:33Team pursuit men
16:13500 m men
16:56500 m ladies
13 February15:131000 m ladies
16:021000 m men
16:55Mass start final ladies
17:10Mass start final men
14 February12:351500 m ladies
13:321500 m men
14:285000 m ladies
15:3510000 m men

Russia doping ban

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

Men's events

500 m[8]
34.39834.54034.628
1000 m[9]
1:08.0521:08.3131:08.569
1500 m[10]
1:43.7521:44.1101:45.493
5000 m[11]
6:08.395
NR		6:10.0506:13.020
10000 m[12]
12:32.952
WR		12:45.86812:54.746
NR
Team pursuit[13]
3:41.4293:41.7113:42.662
Mass start[14]
604021

Women's events

500 m[15]
37.14137.28137.455
1000 m[16]
1:14.1281:14.6721:14.848
1500 m[17]
1:54.6131:55.0341:55.099
3000 m[18]
3:58.4703:58.5793:59.757
5000 m[19]
6:48.5376:50.9976:52.220
Team pursuit[20]
2:55.7952:55.9732:59.358
Mass start[21]
604220

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ISU Council approves Heerenveen as speed skating hub for 2021 World Cup legs. insidethegames.biz. Geoff. Berkeley. 5 November 2020. 1 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Announcement. isu.org. International Skating Union. 1 February 2021.
  3. News: Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and football World Cup. MacInnes. Paul. 9 December 2019. The Guardian. 9 December 2019. en-GB. 0261-3077. https://web.archive.org/web/20191209155622/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/09/russia-banned-from-tokyo-olympics-and-football-world-cup. 9 December 2019. live.
  4. News: Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup. BBC Sport. 9 December 2019. 9 December 2019. en-GB . https://web.archive.org/web/20191211171354/https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/50710598 . 11 December 2019 . live.
  5. Web site: WADA lawyer defends lack of blanket ban on Russia . 13 December 2019 . 17 December 2019 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20191214162048/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/12/13/olympics/wada-lawyer-defends-lack-blanket-ban-russia/#.Xfknqej7S00 . 14 December 2019 . dead.
  6. Web site: Russia Confirms It Will Appeal 4-Year Olympic Ban . 27 December 2019 . . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191227213853/https://time.com/5756077/russia-olympic-ban-appeal/ . 27 December 2019.
  7. Web site: Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics . Graham . Dunbar . 17 December 2020 . 17 December 2020 . .
  8. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/5_result_men_500-signed_20210212162546.pdf Men's 500 metres results
  9. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/12_result_men_1000-signed_20210213165933.pdf Men's 1000 metres results
  10. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/16_result_men_1500-signed_20210214133532.pdf Men's 1500 metres results
  11. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/2_result_men_5000-signed_20210211164356.pdf Men's 5000 metres results
  12. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/18_result_men_10000-signed_20210214170051.pdf Men's 10000 metres results
  13. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/4_men_team-pursuit_a_result-signed_20210212154553.pdf Men's Team pursuit results
  14. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/14-result-massstart-men-final-signed_20210213174116.pdf Men's mass start results
  15. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/6_ladies_500_a_result-signed_20210212171647.pdf Women's 500 metres results
  16. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/11_result_ladies_1000-signed_20210213153607.pdf Women's 1000 metres results
  17. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/15_result_ladies_1500-signed_20210214124831.pdf Women's 1500 metres results
  18. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/1_result_ladies_3000-signed_20210211150544.pdf Women's 3000 metres results
  19. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/17_result_ladies_5000-signed_20210214144636.pdf Women's 5000 metres results
  20. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/3_ladies_team-pursuit_a_result-signed_20210212150140.pdf Women's Team pursuit results
  21. https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/13-result-massstart-final_20210213170040.pdf Women's mass start results

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