The ISU Speed Skating World Cup for 2018-19 will wrap up this weekend at the famed Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns with the World Cup Final. The schedule:
● 09 March: 500 m I for men and women, 1,000 m for men and women, women’s 3,000 m, men’s 5000 m
● 10 March: 500 m II for men and women, 1,500 m for men and women, Mass Start for men and women
The seasonal leaders heading into the Final (see the full standings here):
Men
500 m:
1. 452 Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS)
2. 366 Tatsuya Shimhana (JPN)
3. 350 Havard Holmefjord Lorentzen (NOR)
4. 336 Ryohei Haga (JPN)
5. 315 Jun-Ho Kim (KOR)
1,000 m:
1. 222 Kjeld Nuis (NED)
2. 217 Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS)
3. 217 Havard Holmefjord Lorentzen (NOR)
4. 208 Kai Verbij (NED)
5. 190 Thomas Krol (NED)
1,500 m:
1. 223 Denis Yuskov (RUS)
2. 203 Seitaro Ichinohe (JPN)
3. 199 Min-Seok Kim (KOR)
4. 183 Allan Dahl Johansson (NOR)
5. 181 Joey Mantia (USA)
5,000/10,000 m:
1. 237 Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR)
2. 236 Alexander Rumyantsev (RUS)
3. 212 Marcel Bosker (NED)
4. 210 Danila Semerikov (RUS)
4. 194 Patrick Beckert (GER)
Mass Start:
1. 475 Cheonho Kim (KOR)
2. 430 Bart Swings (BEL)
3. 366 Ruslan Zakharov (RUS)
4. 362 Livio Wenger (SUI)
5. 307 Chris Huizinger (NED)
(6. 307 Joey Mantia (USA))
Women
500 m:
1. 504 Vanessa Herzog (AUT)
2. 403 Olga Fatkulina (RUS)
3. 388 Angelina Golikova (RUS)
4. 370 Daria Kachanova (RUS)
5. 360 Nao Kodaira (JPN)
(6. 348 Brittany Bowe (USA))
1,000 m:
1. 277 Brittany Bowe (USA)
2. 217 Vanessa Herzog (AUT)
3. 202 Nao Kodaira (JPN)
4. 202 Miho Takagi (JPN)
5. 194 Daria Kachanova (RUS)
1,500 m:
1. 270 Brittany Bowe (USA)
2. 217 Ireen Wust (NED)
3. 211 Miho Takagi (JPN)
4. 201 Lotte van Beek (NED)
5. 174 Evgeniia Lalenkova (RUS)
3,000/5,000 m:
1. 250 Martina Sabilkova (CZE)
2. 239 Natalia Voronina (RUS)
3. 236 Isabelle Weidemann (CAN)
4. 235 Esmee Visser (NED)
5. 196 Ivanie Blondin (CAN)
Mass Start:
1. 328 Francesca Lollobrigida (ITA)
2. 316 Bo-Reum Kim (KOR)
3. 294 Nana Takagi (JPN)
4. 290 Ayano Sato (JPN)
5. 276 Irene Schouten (NED)
With the Olympic Oval at 4,528 feet (~1,380 m) altitude, records are a distinct possibility. With Sabilkova setting 3,000 m and 5,000 m records at the World Allround Championships.
Bowe owns one World Cup title in her career, in the 1,000 m in 2014-15. Scoring is 60-54-48-43-40 for the top five places, so the event titles are very much up for grabs. Look for results here.