Pyeongchang Day 15: Mass Start
Recap It was the first time it was included in the program, but what an epic event it was. Even though there were only 6 races in total, it seemed like every little scenario [more...]
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Pyeongchang Day 14: Mens 1000m
Recap What a race, and finally a predictable result. Apologies to confused readers out there because I seem to be losing my mind – yes, I forgot to include Håvard [more...]
Pyeongchang Day 13: Interview With KC Boutiette
Inline skates were originally an invention of ice skaters who wanted to be able to train in the summer when there was no ice, in the days before artificially-frozen rinks. In [more...]
Pyeongchang Day 12: Mens and Ladies Team Pursuit
Recap Just because we’ve gotten used to surprises doesn’t make them any less surprising. The day started off a little bit underwhelmingly with team USA skating a [more...]
Pyeongchang Day 11: Interview With Bill Begg
From humble beginnings in New Zealand, Bill has distinguished himself as one of the go-to coaches if you want medals at world championships. For years skaters would seek him [more...]
Pyeongchang Day 10: Mens 500m
Recap This was less unexpected than I expected. In first place Håvard Lorentzen, the skater with the most world cup victories going into the games (although to be fair, [more...]
Pyeongchang Day 9: Ladies 500m
Recap It has finally happened, a race went very close to my predictions. Nao Kodaira, after being denied in the 1000m (where she holds the world record) put together a superb [more...]
Pyeongchang Day 8: Interview With Renee Hildebrand
I recently caught up with her on Yeowie radio and we had a chat about what goes into making a world champion skater, and just general discussion about the development of athletes. She's currently in Pyeongchang watching her skaters race at the Olympic games. [more...]
Pyeongchang Day 7: Ladies 5000m
Recap What a race. The lightest skater in the competition is the fastest female over 5000m. After making her world cup debut earlier in the season, and surprising everyone at [more...]
Pyeongchang Day 6: Mens 10000m
Recap My world is falling apart. Not only did my prediction of Sven Kramer not come to fruition, but he wasn’t even close. He wasn’t close to his previous [more...]
Pyeongchang Day 5: Ladies 1000m
Recap “Expect the unexpected” should be the motto for the games, not this “faster, higher, stronger” rubbish. What was probably one of the surest [more...]
Pyeongchang Day 4: Mens 1500m
Recap I believe my first words at the conclusion of my men’s 1500m live commentary were “that was unexpected”. Kjeld Nuis (Nuis is pronounced to rhyme [more...]
Pyeongchang Day 3: Ladies 1500m
recap The predictability of yesterday’s result was balanced out by today. Ireen Wüst wins the ladies 1500m – the event in which she earned her first ever Olympic [more...]
Pyeongchang Day 2: Mens 5000m
Recap It was always Sven Kramer’s to lose, but the consumate professional athlete that he is did not disappoint and he convincingly took the gold medal in the [more...]
Pyeongchang Day 1: Ladies 3000m
Recap The ladies 3000m saw a few surprises, and what more appropriate way to start off the program for speed skating at this olympics. Early in the starting order, the [more...]