Re: [Skate] Wind blowing in Gangneung

i dont know why Junio has been skating sub-par.
his results in the first 2 world cups were not good enough to make him skate the 3rd and 4th world cups. then he didnt qualify at the national champs in january.

JF

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> Le 13 févr. 2017 à 03:28, 'Carool van Kesteren' [email protected] [Speed_skating] <[email protected]> a écrit :
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> Hi JF
> It is always good to have insights in the actual situation in a country, also I know there is a lack or money in Canada. I mentioned Weidenmann by mistake as an American, sorry for that!
> She did well at the WSD. I have met Bart Schouten in the past and I know he is a top coach so I have no doubt he will get his team in good shape within a year.
> What happened to Junio, we have not seen him since that start of the season? Overtrained?
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> Kuli is injured, and mentally not in great shape either
> Bow suffers from a concussion, and is still recovering.
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> Met vriendelijke groet, 
> Carool van Kesteren
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> Carool,
> regarding the canadian men sprint team.
> 3 of the 5 participants in sprint distances in Gangneung train at sea level in either Quebec city or Montreal ( Dubreuil, B-Lacroix, St-Jean).  but yes they will have to go back to the drawing boards this summer to get back to last year's level at least. (except for the Haitre :) )
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> for the ladies, the team may be small, but they all came back with at least 1 top 6 each except for Tutt. (and they could have won bronze in the TP if it had not been of that fall on the last stretch)
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> Also, the ice seems fast yes, but its not mindblowingly faster then Heerenveen. It seems like Kramer was in an astonishing shape so thats why he had amazing times. apart from that most athletes peaked for that event, which would explain why they had good results
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> what happened to Bowe and Kulizhnikov?
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> JF
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>> Le 12 févr. 2017 à 03:04, 'Carool van Kesteren' [email protected] [Speed_skating] <[email protected]> a écrit :
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>> Lars, I think the skaters are indeed better, most of them tuned their season to be in best shape for this event, thus blueprinting next season for the Olympics.
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>> Who did not do that well this year?
>> Canadian ladies in general, except Weideman, Canadian Sprint men, I think they must come down from their holy Calgary mountain much earlier to train at sea level.
>> American ladies sprint except for Bergsma, who trains in the Netherlands. the others look at least overweighted and totally out of shape. Train at sea level!
>> Korean’s in general..... don’t send away your coach in the season before the olympics, while the skaters were doing good with new talents coming up last year.
>> Germany is coming up, but need some time to get there. Except for Claudia of course. She will always be there I think.
>> Dutch LD ladies.....I think next season we will only see specialists on the 5 K.
>> Dutch sprint ladies...no connection yet to the world top. mainly technical curve issues.
>> Norwegians are vulnerable with only a few top skaters, perhaps the games are  too early for them.
>> Polish skaters: will be better next year
>> Russians....depend on the further actions from the ISU
>> Chinese skaters? No idea what they have been doing this year......
>> Japan: most dangerous competitor for the games next year.
>> New Zealand: medals on TP, MS and 5000K for Peter Michael.
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>> Met vriendelijke groet, 
>> Carool van Kesteren
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>> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2017 5:10 PM
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>> > 11. feb. 2017 kl. 13.31 skreiv 'Carool van Kesteren' [email protected] [Speed_skating] <[email protected]>:
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>> > Bryan, the wind force has been measured by specialists and it does not deviate from the wind that you find in Berlin or Thialf or comparable rinks. 
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>> Not convincing because we then have to come up with another explanation for the faster times. The altitude is not higher. The meteorogical air pressure isn’t lower, the air temperature isn’t higher, the skaters aren’t better. Have they put something special in the ice?
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>> hilsen Lars Finsen / www.ortygia.no
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