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Ivanie Blondin
Ivanie Blondin (born April 2, 1990) is a Canadian speed skater. She primarily skates in the long distances of 3000 m and 5000 m and the mass start event. Blondin won a silver medal in the mass start event at the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships and a gold medal in the same event at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships. She also won the silver medal at the 2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships. She won a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's team pursuit. Career She began her career competing in short track speed skating while a youth in the Gloucester Concordes skating club. She competed there with fellow Olympian Vincent De Haître, to whom she feels like an older sister. After Blondin failed to qualify in short track for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver she nearly quit sport. Mike Rivet, her coach in Gloucester, convinced her to switch to long track, a decision in which she says, "I was ready to quit ska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). Ottawa had a city population of 1,017,449 and a metropolitan population of 1,488,307, making it the fourth-largest city and fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Ottawa is the political centre of Canada and headquarters to the federal government. The city houses numerous foreign embassies, key buildings, organizations, and institutions of Canada's government, including the Parliament of Canada, the Supreme Court, the residence of Canada's viceroy, and Office of the Prime Minister. Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as Ottawa in 1855, its original boundaries were expanded through numerous annexations and were ultimately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's Mass Start
The Women's mass start competition at the 2019 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships The 2019 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held between 7 and 10 February 2019 at the Max Aicher Arena in Inzell, Germany. Schedule ''All times are local (UTC+1 UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of ... was held on 10 February 2019. Results The race was started at 16:21. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2019 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships - Women's mass start Women's mass start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucester, Ontario
Gloucester ( ) is a former municipality and now geographic area of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Located east of Ottawa's inner core, it was an independent city until amalgamated with the Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton in 2001 to become the new city of Ottawa. The population of Gloucester is about 150,012 people (2021 Census). History Gloucester, originally known as Township B, was established in 1792. The first settler in the township was Braddish Billings in what is now the Billings Bridge area of Ottawa. In 1800, the township became part of Russell County, Ontario, Russell County, and later Carleton County, Ontario, Carleton County in 1838. In 1850, the area was incorporated as Gloucester Township, named after Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Over the years, parts of Gloucester Township were annexed by the expanding city of Ottawa. Gloucester was incorporated as a city in 1981 and became part of the amalgamated city of Ottawa in 2001. Town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Track Speed Skating
Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as an Olympic-sized figure skating rink and an international-sized ice hockey rink. Related sports include long track speed skating and inline speed skating. History Short-track skating developed from speed skating events that were held with mass starts. This form of speed skating was mainly practised in the United States and Canada, as opposed to the international form, where athletes skated in pairs. At the 1932 Winter Olympics, speed skating events were conducted in the mass start form. Competitions in North America tended to be held indoors, for example in Madison Square Garden, New York, and therefore on shorter tracks than was usual for outdoor skating. In 1967, the International Skating Union (ISU) adopted short-track spee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track". The International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of competitive ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating". An international federation was founded in 1892, the first for any winter sport. The sport enjoys large popularity in the Netherlands, Norway and South Korea. There are top international rinks in a number of other countries, including Canada, the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Belarus and Poland. A Speed Skating World Cup, World Cup circuit is held with events in those coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships – Women ...
The Women competition at the 2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships was held on 29 February and 1 March 2020. Results 500 m The race was started on 29 February at 11:54. 3000 m The race was started on 29 February at 14:50. 1500 m The race was started on 1 March at 13:00. 5000 m The race was started on 1 March at 14:43. Overall standings ''After all events.'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships - Women Women A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or Adolescence, adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held at the Vikingskipet in Hamar, Norway, from 29 February to 1 March 2020. Schedule ''All times are local (UTC+1 UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in: *Central European Time *West Africa Time *Western European Summer Time ** B ...).'' Medal summary Medal table Medalists References External linksOfficial website {{World championships in 2020 World Allround Speed Skating World Allround Championships 2020 Allround Speed Skating Championships World Allround Speed Skating World Allround Speed Skating 2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships 2020 Sprint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of the world. The event is held over two days, with all skaters entering the first three distances (500 m, 3000 m and 1500 m for women; 500 m, 5000 m and 1500 m for men) and the best eight skaters over these distances getting to ride the last event (5000 m for women; 10 000 m for men). The results of the races are converted to points, and the skater with lowest total score wins the championship. The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Championships for Men since 1893 (unofficial Championships were held in the years 1889–1892) and the World Allround Championships for Women since 1936 (unofficial Championships were held in the years 1933–1935). Since 1996 the men's and women's World Allround Championships are held at the same time and venue. Since 2020, the men's and women's World Allround Championships are held eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's Team Pursuit
The Women's team pursuit competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships The 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships were held between February 13 and 16, 2020, at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most ... was held on February 14, 2020. Results The race was started at 16:01. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships - Women's team pursuit Women's team pursuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 5000 Metres
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2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
The 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held between 9 and 12 February 2017 at the Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea. Schedule ''All times are local (UTC+9).'' Medal summary Medal table * Host country highlighted. Men's events Women's events References External links World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships, 9 - 12 Feb 2017, Gangneung, Korea (entries, results and announcements)ISU World Single Distances Championships 2017 (results) {{DEFAULTSORT:World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships, 2017 2017 Single Distances 2017 in speed skating World Single Distances, 2017 Sport in Gangneung 2017 in South Korean sport February 2017 sports events in Asia Speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's Mass Start
The Women's mass start competition at the 2023 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships The 2023 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships were held from 2 to 5 March 2023, at Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Schedule ''All times are local (UTC+1 UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ... was held on 4 March 2023. Results Semi-finals The first eight racers from each semifinal advanced to the final. Semi-final 1 The race was started at 14:22. Semi-final 2 The race was started at 14:40. Final The final was started at 17:19. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2023 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships - Women's mass start Women's mass start 2023 in women's speed skating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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