2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4

The fourth competition weekend of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 12 December, until Sunday, 14 December 2014.[1]

Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia continued his brilliant form from the start of the season by winning three gold medals in the men's competitions; both 500 m races,[2][3] and the 1000 m race.[4]

In the women's competitions, Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe made it a "triple double" for the United States by taking gold and silver in three races, the second 500 m,[3] the 1000 m,[4] and the 1500 m.[3]

In the men's 500 m on Friday, Christian Oberbichler of Austria improved his own national record,[5] set only the previous weekend. In the 5000 m race on Saturday, Viktor Hald Torup of Denmark set a new national record, and Nils van der Poel of Sweden set a national junior record.[6]

Schedule

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The detailed schedule of events:[7][8]

 Date   Session   Events   Comment 
 Friday, 12 December   Afternoon   12:00: 500 m women (1) 
 12:40: 500 m men (1) 
 13:34: 3000 m women 
 Division B 
 Evening   16:00: 3000 m women 
 16:59: 500 m women (1) 
 17:22: 500 m men (1) 
 Division A 
 18:12: Team pursuit men 
 Saturday, 13 December   Morning   09:30: 1000 m women 
 10:24: 1000 m men 
 11:29: 5000 m men 
 Division B 
 Afternoon   14:00: 1000 m women 
 14:46: 5000 m men 
 Division A 
 16:33: Team pursuit women 
 17:21: 1000 m men   Division A 
 Sunday, 14 December   Morning   09:00: 1500 m women 
 10:03: 1500 m men 
 11:31: 500 m women (2) 
 12:09: 500 m men (2) 
 Division B 
 Afternoon   14:00: 1500 m women 
 14:54: 1500 m men 
 15:47: 500 m women (2) 
 16:29: 500 m men (2) 
 Division A 
 17:11: Mass start women 
 17:31: Mass start men 

All times are CET (UTC+1).

Medal summary

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Men's events

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Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report
500 m 1 Pavel Kulizhnikov
  Russia
34.63 Artur Waś
  Poland
34.91 Laurent Dubreuil
  Canada
35.16 [9]
2 Pavel Kulizhnikov
  Russia
34.58 Artur Waś
  Poland
34.87 Jan Smeekens
  Netherlands
35.01 [10]
1000 m Pavel Kulizhnikov
  Russia
1:08.77 Kjeld Nuis
  Netherlands
1:09.04 Hein Otterspeer
  Netherlands
1:09.06 [11]
1500 m Jan Szymański
  Poland
1:45.92 Wouter olde Heuvel
  Netherlands
1:46.22 Shani Davis
  United States
1:46.33 [12]
5000 m Sven Kramer
  Netherlands
6:12.74 Jorrit Bergsma
  Netherlands
6:14.08 Wouter olde Heuvel
  Netherlands
6:19,58 [13]
Mass start Jorrit Bergsma
  Netherlands
70 A Lee Seung-hoon
  South Korea
40 A Fabio Francolini
  Italy
20 A [14]
Team pursuit   South Korea
Kim Cheol-min
Ko Byung-wook
Lee Seung-hoon
3:44.57   Netherlands
Arjan Stroetinga
Frank Vreugdenhil
Douwe de Vries
3:44.97   Norway
Håvard Bøkko
Fredrik van der Horst
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
3:45.52 [15][16]
A In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

Women's events

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Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report
500 m 1 Lee Sang-hwa
  South Korea
37.69 Nao Kodaira
  Japan
37.70 Judith Hesse
  Germany
37.88 [17]
2 Heather Richardson
  United States
37.72 Brittany Bowe
  United States
38.05 Lee Sang-hwa
  South Korea
38.07 [18]
1000 m Heather Richardson
  United States
1:14.63 Brittany Bowe
  United States
1:14.68 Li Qishi
  China
1:15.71 [19]
1500 m Heather Richardson
  United States
1:53.87 Brittany Bowe
  United States
1:54.70 Marrit Leenstra
  Netherlands
1:55.95 [20]
3000 m Martina Sáblíková
  Czech Republic
4:02.84 Ireen Wüst
  Netherlands
4:03.14 Carlijn Achtereekte
  Netherlands
4:05.95 [21]
Mass start Ivanie Blondin
  Canada
60 A Kim Bo-reum
  South Korea
40 A Irene Schouten
  Netherlands
20 A [22]
Team pursuit   Netherlands
Carlijn Achtereekte
Linda de Vries
Marrit Leenstra
2:59.69   Germany
Bente Kraus
Claudia Pechstein
Isabell Ost
3:01.96   Poland
Aleksandra Goss
Katarzyna Woźniak
Luiza Złotkowska
3:02.31 [23][24]
A In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.


References

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  4. ^ a b "ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 - Heerenveen (NED) Day 2". International Skating Union. 13 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
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