2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup
The 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the ''Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2013–2014'', was a series of international speed skating competitions that ran the entire season. The season started on 8 November 2013 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and concluded with the final on 16 March 2014 in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Compared to previous seasons, there were fewer competition weekends; the season was restricted due to the 2014 Winter Olympics, which were arranged in Sochi, Russia, during February 2014. In total, six competition weekends were held at six different locations, twelve cups were contested (six for men, and six for women), and 72 races took place. The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU). Calendar The detailed schedule for the season. Additionally, the team sprint was a demonstration event in Inzell. :Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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ISU Speed Skating World Cup
The ISU Speed Skating World Cup is a series of international speed skating competitions, organised annually by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1985–86 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, 1985–86. Every year during the winter season, a number of competitions on different distances and on different locations are held. Skaters can earn points at each competition, and the skater who has the most points on a given distance at the end of the series is the winner. Initially not very popular with skaters nor spectators, the World Cup has gradually become more and more popular, and this was due to the creation of the World Single Distance Championships. The results of the separate distances in the World Cup ranking are the main qualifying method for the World Single Distance Championships. The number of races per season per distance varies, but it is usually between five and ten. Ten World Cup titles are awarded every season, five for men (the 500 m, the 1000 m, the 1500 m, t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 – Men's 1500 Metres
The men's 1500 metres race of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 1, arranged in the Olympic Oval, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was held on 8 November 2013. Koen Verweij of the Netherlands won, while Shani Davis of the United States came third, and Kjeld Nuis Kjeld Nuis (; born in Leiden 10 November 1989) is a Dutch speed skater. Nuis specializes over the middle distances of 1000 and 1500 meters. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, he won the gold medal at the 1500 m and 1000 m events. At th ... of the Netherlands came third. Brian Hansen of the United States won Division B. Results The race took place on Friday, 8 November, with Division A scheduled in the morning session, at 13:13, and Division B scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:39. Division A Division B References {{DEFAULTSORT:2013-14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup - World Cup 1 - Men's 1500 metres Men 1500 #1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Men's 1500 Metres
The men's 1500 metres race of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 2, arranged in the Utah Olympic Oval, in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on November 15, 2013. Shani Davis of the United States won the race, while Brian Hansen, also of the United States, came second, and Koen Verweij Koen Verweij (; born 26 August 1990) is a former Dutch speed skater and inline speed skater. At the end of the skating season 2008–09 he made a transfer from the Jong Oranje team of the national skating union ( KNSB) to the commercial team of T ... of the Netherlands came third. Haralds Silovs of Latvia won the Division B race. Results The race took place on Friday, November 15, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 10:10, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:20. Division A Division B References {{DEFAULTSORT:2013-14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup - World Cup 2 - Men's 1500 metres Men 1500 #2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Women's 1000 Metres
The women's 1000 metres race of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 2, arranged in the Utah Olympic Oval, in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on November 17, 2013. Brittany Bowe of the United States won the race, setting a new world record of 1:12.58 in the process, with fellow American Heather Richardson finishing in second place, only 3/100 of a second behind, and Ireen Wüst Irene Karlijn (Ireen) Wüst (; born 1 April 1986) is a Dutch former long track speed skater. Wüst became the most successful speed skating olympian ever by achieving at least one gold medal in each of five consecutive Winter Olympic appearances ... of the Netherlands in third place. Richardson, who skated in a later pair, also went below the old record. Kim Hyun-yung of South Korea broke the girls' world record with a time of 1:14.95. Yekaterina Malysheva of Russia won the Division B race. Results The race took place on Sunday, November 17, with Division B scheduled in the morning se ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Men's 1000 Metres
The men's 1000 metres race of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 2, arranged in the Utah Olympic Oval, in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on November 16, 2013. Shani Davis of the United States won, while Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands came second, and Brian Hansen of the United States came third. Konrad Niedźwiedzki Konrad Łukasz Niedźwiedzki (born 2 January 1985, Polish pronunciation: kɔnɾat ɲɛd͡ʑˈvʲjɛt͡ski is a Polish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions. Personal life Konrad Niedźwiedzki was born in Warsa ... of Poland won Division B. Results The race took place on Saturday, November 16, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 10:18, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 14:01. Division A Division B References {{DEFAULTSORT:2013-14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup - World Cup 2 - Men's 1000 metres Men 1000 #2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Women's 500 Metres
The women's 500 metres races of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 2, arranged in the Utah Olympic Oval, in Salt Lake City, United States, were held on November 15 and 16, 2013. Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea won both races, breaking the world record both times. Wang Beixing of China and Heather Richardson of the United States took the silver and bronze medals in race one, while Zhang Hong of China won the Division B race. In race two, Richardson advanced one position, taking the silver medal behind Lee, while Olga Fatkulina Olga Aleksandrovna Fatkulina (russian: Ольга Александровна Фаткулина; born 23 January 1990) is a Russian long-track speed skater. She competed for Russia at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics in the women's 500 m and 1 ... of Russia took the bronze. Jennifer Plate of Germany won the second Division B race. Race 1 Race one took place on Friday, November 15, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 11:32, and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Men's 500 Metres
The men's 500 metres races of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 2, arranged in the Utah Olympic Oval, in Salt Lake City, United States, were held on November 15 and 17, 2013. In race one, Gilmore Junio of Canada and Joji Kato of Japan shared the first place, while Michel Mulder of the Netherlands came third. Sung Ching-Yang of Chinese Taipei won the Division B race. In race two, Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan won, while Ronald Mulder of the Netherlands came second, and Mo Tae-bum of South Korea came third. Aleksey Yesin Aleksey Yuryevich Yesin (russian: Алексей Юрьевич Есин; born 3 December 1987) is a Russian speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain dist ... of Russia won the Division B race. Race 1 Race one took place on Friday, November 15, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:24, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 14:2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Utah Olympic Oval
The Utah Olympic Oval is an indoor speed skating oval located southwest of Salt Lake City, in Kearns, Utah. The Oval was built for the 2002 Winter Olympics and it hosted the long track speed skating events for the 2002 games. Inside the facility the 400 meter skating track surrounds two international sized ice sheets, and is itself surrounded by a 442 meter running track. Due to its high altitude, , and the associated low air resistance, ten Olympic records and nine world records were set at the Oval during the 2002 games, the largest number of world records ever set at one event. History Along with Soldier Hollow and the Utah Olympic Park, the Utah Olympic Oval was built specifically for the 2002 Winter Olympics. On October 5, 1992, the Utah Sports Authority chose the Oquirrh Park Fitness Center in Kearns as the site for the 2002 Olympic Oval, beating out other locations in West Valley City, Sandy and downtown Salt Lake City. Funds from the 1989 Olympic referendum would be use ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Provo–Orem Combined Statistical Area, Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,746,164 (as of 2021 estimates), making it the 22nd largest in the nation. It is also the central core of the larger of only two major urban areas located within the Great Basin (the other being Reno, Nevada). Salt Lake C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2
The second competition weekend of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, United States, from Friday, November 15, until Sunday, November 17, 2013. World records were broken four times during the weekend. On Friday, Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea broke the women's 500 metres record she set the previous weekend with a time of 36.57 seconds. In the second 500 metres race on the next day, she broke it again, this time with a time of 36.36 seconds. Also on Saturday, the Dutch men's team improved the team pursuit world record, which had also been set the previous weekend, with a time of 3:35.60. Finally, on Sunday, Brittany Bowe of the United States broke the women's 1000 metres record with a time of 1:12.58. Two world records for juniors were also broken. On Friday, Antoinette de Jong of the Netherlands broke the girls' world record on 3000 metres with a time of 3:59.49, becoming the first junior to achieve a time under four mi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 – Women's Team Pursuit
The women's team pursuit race of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 1, arranged in the Olympic Oval, in Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ..., Alberta, Canada, was held on 10 November 2013. The Dutch team won, while Japan came second, and Poland came third. Results The race took place on Sunday, 10 November, in the morning session, scheduled at 13:52. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2013-14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup - World Cup 1 - Women's team pursuit Women team pursuit #1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 – Men's Team Pursuit
The men's team pursuit race of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 1, arranged in the Olympic Oval, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was held on 9 November 2013. The Dutch team won on a new world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ..., while the American team came second, and the South Korean team came third. Results The race took place on Saturday, 9 November, in the morning session, scheduled at 13:17. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2013-14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup - World Cup 1 - Men's team pursuit Men team pursuit #1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |