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Essent ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships 2012 –Hamar (NOR)
Shani
Davis of the U.S.A. competes at the men?s 1500m heat during the World
Allround speed skating Championships on February 10, 2007 in
Heerenveen, Netherlands.
Czech skater
Martina Sáblíkova and Dutchman Sven Kramer were crowned the World
Allround Speed Skating Champions 2009 in Hamar, Norway. Speed skaters
from fourteen nations took part in this year's World Allround
Championships in the rink that hosted the 1994 Olympics. For the first
time since then, the Vikingship rink was filled to capacity with
spectators, partly spurred on by the excellent results achieved earlier
in the season by home favourite Håvard Bøkko.
Essent ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships 2012
February 18-19, 2012
Location : Moscow - RUS
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Ladies
For
the ladies, one of the overall favourites had to withdraw from some
days ahead of competition due to illness, namely Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
(GER). A second stroke of misfortune to the German team was when this
year's European Allround champion Claudia Pechstein, who was in third
place after Saturday's two distances, also had to withdraw. In their
absence, it was clear that the championship was going to be a tight
fight among several contenders, including the Canadians Kristina Groves
and Christine Nesbitt, perhaps all of the four Dutch ladies Paulien van
Deutekom, Renate Groenewold, Ireen Wüst and Jorien Voorhuis, and the
long distance specialist Martina Sáblíkóva.
In
the 500m, Nesbitt won convincingly (38.87) ahead of Alla Shabanova
(RUS, 39.53), who however was not strong enough in the longer distances
to be reckoned with. Wüst, with 39.61, Groves and Pechstein followed
suit, it also being noted that Sáblíkóva did exceptionally well with a
personal best and new Czech national record time of 40.28. The 3000 m
was a tighter race than usual, with eight ladies having finishing times
between 4:05.61 (Groenewold, silver medal) and 4:08.94 (Maren Haugli,
NOR, ninth place). They were all out-skated by Sáblíkóva, however, who
delivered a magnificent 4:01.90, and found herself in the unusual
position of leading in the point-sum after two distances.
The
1500m was another close race, with as many as seven skaters finishing
ahead of Sáblíkóva, who slid down to fourth position after three
distances. She had only had two hours of sleep from nervousness. The
podium consisted of the two Canadians Groves (1:56.17) and Nesbitt
(1:56.49) ahead of Wüst (1:56.78). The other Dutch ladies turned in
somewhat more disappointing performances, while the two Japanese Masako
Hozumi and veteran Maki Tabata did well, ending 5th and 6th. Before the
final 5000m, only 5.91 seconds separated the four leading skaters
Groves, Nesbitt, Wüst and Sáblíkóva. Since Nesbitt and Wüst are not
among the very best on the longer distances it was clear that this was
going to be a race for the World Championship title between Groves and
Sáblíkóva.
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