Previous Inzell – ISU Speed Skating World Cup Coverage
The US finished off a really strong weekend with two more event wins and a silver medal. Whatever went wrong in Sochi it certainly didn’t affect them this weekend.
Women’s 1000m
In the women’s 1000m Kelly Gunther took second in the B Division while Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe went 1-2 in the A Division. Richardson won three races this weekend and is likely to win the overall title in the women’s Speed Skating World Cup.
Men’s 500m
In the B Division of the men’s 500m race Jonathan Garcia took third with a time of 35.96 with Joey Mantia a second behind in 11th. In the A Division Tucker Fredricks was the top American in 10th but was within three tenths of a second. Mitchell Whitmore had a better race than Saturday and finished 15th.
Men’s 1500m
The US took the top spot in the men’s 1500m with Brian Hansen winning the event by seven tenths of a second. Shani Davis tried to get on the medal stand as well but his time was four hundredths short of a bronze so the US had to settle for just the one medal. In the B Division race Jonathan Garcia finished 13th and was almost 4.5 seconds behind the winner.
Women’s Mass Start
The US had one strong finisher in the women’s mass start after Maria Lamb finished seventh and was just over a second behind the bronze. Anna Ringsred also competed for the US but she only completed ten laps finishing 15th.
Upcoming:
Next weekend (Friday-Sunday) the Speed Skating World Cup heads for Heerenveen, Netherlands where a very similar program to this weekend will be held. There will be team pursuit events held as well that the US could do well in.
