2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2

The second competition weekend of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, United States, from Friday, November 20, until Sunday, November 22, 2015.[1]

There were six world records over the course of the weekend. On Friday, Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia shaved another 2/100 off his 500 m world record from the previous weekend.[2] On Saturday, Ted-Jan Bloemen of Canada unexpectedly beat Dutchman Sven Kramer's 10000 m world record from 2007 with more than five seconds, and American Heather Richardson-Bergsma beat compatriot Brittany Bowe's 1500 m world record from the weekend before.[3]

On Sunday, Bowe responded by taking back her 1000 m world record, which she had lost to Richardson the previous weekend.[4] Additionally, both the men's and the women's team sprint records, established only the weekend before, were beaten.

Multiple winners were Kulizhnikov, who won both 500 m races and the 1000 m race, and Zhang Hong of China, who won both women's 500 m races and the team sprint.

Schedule edit

The detailed schedule of events:[5]

 Date   Session   Events   Comment 
 Friday, November 20   Morning   09:00: 5000 m women 
 10:23: 500 m women (1) 
 11:04: 500 m men (1) 
 Division B 
 Afternoon   13:00: 5000 m women 
 14:10: 500 m women (1) 
 14:35: 500 m men (1) 
 15:15: 1500 m men 
 Division A 
 16:52: 1500 m men   Division B 
 Saturday, November 21   Morning   09:00: 500 m women (2) 
 09:26: 1000 m men 
 10:48: 1500 m women 
 Division B 
 Afternoon   13:00: 10000 m men 
 15:06: 500 m women (2) 
 15:31: 1000 m men 
 16:16: 1500 m women 
 Division A 
 17:53: 10000 m men   Division B 
 Sunday, November 22   Morning   09:00: 1000 m women 
 09:50: 500 m men (2) 
 10:43: Mass start women 
 11:13: Mass start men 
 Division B 
 Afternoon   13:00: 1000 m women 
 13:35: 500 m men (2) 
 14:15: Mass start women 
 14:45: Mass start men 
 Division A 
 15:30: Team sprint women 
 15:47: Team sprint men 

All times are MST (UTC−7).

Medal summary edit

Men's events edit

Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report
500 m 1 Pavel Kulizhnikov
  Russia
33.98
WR
Mitchell Whitmore
  United States
34.19 William Dutton
  Canada
34.35 [6]
2 Pavel Kulizhnikov
  Russia
34.13 William Dutton
  Canada
34.34 Laurent Dubreuil
  Canada
34.36 [7]
1000 m Pavel Kulizhnikov
  Russia
1:06.70 Kjeld Nuis
  Netherlands
1:07.02 Gerben Jorritsma
  Netherlands
1:07.23 [8]
1500 m Kjeld Nuis
  Netherlands
1:42.18 Joey Mantia
  United States
1:42.45 Shani Davis
  United States
1:42.90 [9]
10000 m Ted-Jan Bloemen
  Canada
12:36.30
WR
Sven Kramer
  Netherlands
12:44.26 Jorrit Bergsma
  Netherlands
12:53.99 [10]
Mass start Arjan Stroetinga
  Netherlands
60 A Fabio Francolini
  Italy
41 A Bart Swings
  Belgium
21 A [11]
Team sprint   Canada
William Dutton
Alexandre St-Jean
Vincent De Haître
1:17.75
WR
  Russia
Kirill Golubev
Artyom Kuznetsov
Aleksey Yesin
1:19.12   Netherlands
Hein Otterspeer
Kai Verbij
Stefan Groothuis
1:19.20 [12]
A In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

Women's events edit

Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report
500 m 1 Zhang Hong
  China
36.56 Brittany Bowe
  United States
37.03 Heather Richardson-Bergsma
  United States
37.13 [13]
2 Zhang Hong
  China
36.82 Lee Sang-hwa
  South Korea
36.83 Brittany Bowe
  United States
37.08 [14]
1000 m Brittany Bowe
  United States
1:12.18
WR
Zhang Hong
  China
1:12.77 Heather Richardson-Bergsma
  United States
1:13.45 [15]
1500 m Heather Richardson-Bergsma
  United States
1:50.85
WR
Brittany Bowe
  United States
1:51.31 Martina Sáblíková
  Czech Republic
1:53.44 [16]
5000 m Martina Sáblíková
  Czech Republic
6:47.42 Natalya Voronina
  Russia
6:53.16 Ivanie Blondin
  Canada
6:55.88 [17]
Mass start Irene Schouten
  Netherlands
60 A Ivanie Blondin
  Canada
40 A Misaki Oshigiri
  Japan
20 A [18]
Team sprint   China
Yu Jing
Zhang Hong
Li Qishi
1:24.65
WR
  Russia
Yekaterina Shikhova
Nadezhda Aseyeva
Olga Fatkulina
1:26.07   Japan
Erina Kamiya
Maki Tsuji
Nao Kodaira
1:26.62 [19]
A In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

Standings edit

The top ten standings in the contested cups after the weekend. The top five nations in the team sprint cups.

Men's cups edit

Grand World Cup
# Name Nat. CGY SLC Total
1 Bart Swings   230 170 400
2 Pavel Kulizhnikov   180 200 380
3 Kjeld Nuis   130 180 310
4 Jorrit Bergsma   160 70 230
5 Joey Mantia   130 80 210
6 Shani Davis   50 130 180
Sven Kramer   100 80 180
8 Ted-Jan Bloemen   70 100 170
9 Gerben Jorritsma   100 70 170
10 William Dutton   75 75 150
Arjan Stroetinga   50 100 150

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Women's cups edit

Grand World Cup
# Name Nat. CGY SLC Total
1 Heather Richardson-Bergsma   295 235 530
2 Brittany Bowe   245 255 500
3 Martina Sáblíková   230 170 400
4 Zhang Hong   160 180 340
5 Irene Schouten   160 150 310
6 Ivanie Blondin   70 150 220
7 Marrit Leenstra   50 120 170
8 Lee Sang-hwa   90 70 160
9 Natalya Voronina   70 80 150
10 Ida Njåtun   60 50 110

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