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Speed/Short Track Skating - 13. November 2015.

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Events at the first World Cup weekend are the 1000m, the 1500m, and the Mass Start for Men and Ladies and the Ladies’ 3000m as well as the Men’s 5000m. The Men and Ladies will also compete in a Team Pursuit and a Team Sprint.


Cyclist Sábliková
Ireen Wüst (NED) is another surprise absentee in the first four World Cup events. Her preparation for the new season was hampered by a head injury and the Olympic 3000m champion quit the Dutch trials after a disappointing 1500m performance. Last season’s combined 3000/5000m winner Martina Sábliková (CZE) qualified as a cyclist for the time trial at the Olympic Summer Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. She finished 12th in the time trial at the World Cycling Championships in Richmond (USA) this summer, and she will be back on the ice in Calgary.

Olympic Mass Start
The Canadian home public will look out for the Mass Start in Calgary on Sunday night. Ivanie Blondin (CAN) won last year’s Mass Start World Cup and she’s now looking for Olympic silverware. The IOC announced that the Mass Start will be on the Olympic program at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games last June. With this decision the Mass Start will probably be more competitive after last season’s two headed battle between Blondin and Irene Schouten (NED). This season the other competitors will probably focus team tactics on last season’s main contenders.

The Team Sprint is another event which has gained importance. The three-lap-team event was a demonstration event at last season’s World Cup final, but it will be an official event at four World Cup legs this season.

Grand World Cup
After two World Cup events in North America, Calgary CAN (November 13-15) and Salt Lake City USA (November 20-22) the series will continue with three legs in Europe: Inzell GER (December 4-6), Heerenveen NED  (December 11-13) and Stavanger NOR (January 29-31). The World Cup season will culminate in the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final in Heerenveen on March 11-13. Every single distance will have a World Cup winner and the Grand World Cup will be awarded to the best female and male skater based on a grand total of points earned from all World Cup races throughout the season.

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