Re: [Skate] The 2016 Ortygia World Championship Prediction Championship

First, let me thank the organizer of this wonderful prediction championship 
!   For so many years, he has taken the trouble to invite us, to calculate 
the standings, to make the result an exciting daylong-taking experience and 
to give prizes. Thanks Lars.

Well, was this a remarkable championship? Oh yes, we have seen very good 
times from Wüst and Sablikova. They were never faster on lowland ice tracks. 
But will we remember this championship when we are old ? I fear not. It is 
one of these many championships of the past years, where Kramer's opponents 
strike the flag far before the 10,000m starts. And where Wüst and Sablikova 
battle for gold. In one of these halls, that all look the same.

But still, allround is far more appealing than single distances. In each 
pair, something is at stake. Will Beckert lose so much, that he won't make 
top-16 after 3 distances? Will Zlotkowska secure a spot for Poland next 
year? That is what speed skating makes so attractive. That is why we can 
endure a 10km. Because there is more at stake than this single distance. It 
was nice to see that the Netherlands-Norway domination of the '60s and '70s 
was restored in this championship.

Or was this the last championship before a new era is introduced? In a few 
weeks, we will know what the proposals for the coming ISU Congress will be. 
Will it be the definitive end of the ECh allround-old-style, as the current 
rules already say? Will it be the reduction of the allround World 
Championships to only once in 2 years, as has been rumoured?

I hope the changes will make speed skating more popular, but I have my 
doubts. I do not believe that fewer matches will make skating more popular. 
The risk is there that it will only marginalize skating further. We will 
have allround championships in the coming 2 years. Next year in Hamar, if I 
am right, and in 2018 probably at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, a mile 
away from where it all started, 125 years earlier. Let's cherish those!

Marcel


-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- 
From: Lars Finsen [email protected] [Speed_skating]
Sent: Monday, March 7, 2016 6:45 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Skate] The 2016 Ortygia World Championship Prediction 
Championship

P.s.: Winner’s speech(es) please!

hilsen Lars Finsen / www.ortygia.no
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