The Olympic Oval in Calgary (CAN) will be the scene for the 113th edition of the ISU World Allround Championships on Saturday and Sunday. The schedule:
● 2 March: Men’s 500 m & 5,000 m; Women’s 500 m & 3,000 m
● 3 March: Men’s 1,500 m & 10,000 m; Women’s 1,500 m & 5,000 m
The leading qualifiers, by a combination of times for the 1,500/5,000 m for men and 1,500/3,000 m for women:
Men:
1. 71,689 Patrick Roest (NED) ~ Defending Champion; 2017 silver medalist
2. 72,446 Sergey Trofimov (RUS)
3. 72,483 Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) ~ 2016 & 2018 silvers; 2015 bronze
4. 72,957 Bart Swings (BEL) ~ 2013 bronze medalist
5. 73,094 Sven Kramer (NED) ~ Nine-time winner in 2007-08-09-10-12-13-15-16-17
Women:
1. 78,127 Miho Takagi (JPN) ~ Defending Champion; 2017 bronze
2. 78,188 Antoinette de Jong (NED) ~ 2016 bronze medalist
3. 78,788 Ireen Wust (NED) ~ Six-time winner in 2007-11-12-13-14-17
4. 79,237 Francesca Lollobrigida (ITA)
5. 79,402 Ivanie Blondin (CAN)
In addition, four-time winner Martina Sabilkova (CZE) – gold medalist in 2009-10-15-16 – is also competing, and won the 3,000 m and 5,000 m titles at the World Single Distance Championships in February.
Pedersen crashed in the 10,000 m last year or would likely have been the winner; he won the 1,500 m silver and 5,000 gold in the Single Distance Championships this season. Roest won silver medals in the 5,000 m and 10,000 m in the Single Distance Championships, so he will not give up his crown easily.
Look for results here.
