Men's and Women's Mass Start Speed Skate

Men's and Women's Mass Start Speed Skate

Starts 6 AM ET

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>Watching this or Nipon vs. /EVE/
It's a tough choice

Why not both?

Love me that QT Yoshida

So am I watching this alone?

What the fuck guys

*braaap*

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Meme event, wondering how many crashes there will be

ah yeah we live. I am here for the memes

Is this one also Holland wins lol?

MASS ASS

This one is >unpredictablelol
Like, anything can happen

dutch girl was showcasing some nice toe, well done.

how many crashes can we expect?

Cool

Probably not

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whats the distance?

Let's go

> No, they expect one of us at the wreckage brother.

One

6km

We’re going to crash this sports event with no survivors.

What happens if there is a mass crash? Is the race restarted?

No. They are DQ

LOL

Mass start reminds me of roller derby. Lets rock!

This point system is useless. No matter what the first place in the final sprint is the winner.

CRASH LOL

This event is so needlessly complicated with the points system for intermediate sprints.

It's kinda fun to watch

Don't know what is happening tbqh.

>points
what the fuck is going on?

>All this ass touching

Oh god I love this sport

>sprint laps
>points
what the hell is this meme shit

wtf this event is so weird, but kinda cool

See

Is this the nascar equivalent of skating?

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

MANGALELO, LETS FUCKING GO SCHOUTEN

CRASH

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Yes! Good job Schouten!

>3 sprints with max of 5 points
>final sprint is 20-60 points

Swiss girl just chilling there. lmao

She’s already qualified mate. She won the sprint events.

yeah.
maybe they should ask someone who can atleast count to design the next system

NASCAR ON ICE

Poor polish girl trying to catch up

What do you think their hands smell like from touching ass for all 16 laps?

GOAT

>Kurwa

This is half final, so you have to get points not to get place 9-12 because they wont proceed in the tournament

Sexual harassment? Was butt touching consensual?

a race within a race within a race? is this event new or am im i that much of a casual?

this format is insane. whose idea was this>

WHAT THE FUCK DO THE POINTS MEAN

WHY DONT THEY JUST RACE ALL THE LAPS AND SEE WHO GETS TO THE FINISH LINE

THIS RACE IS RETARDED

Yeah wtf lol

What the fuck is going on

Because then everyone would stale until the last 3 laps. It makes mid race interesting

No shit, the last sprint is the finish, aka the top 3 finishers will still be the top 3 no matter what, the points are meant to rank the rest of the racers below 3rd

The sprints within the race are only to qualify for the final

>even announcer doesn't know what's going on

What the FUCK is this bullshit

Is more complicated than curling

It's a good idea. It keeps them skating hard instead of just coasting all the time like in normal endurance events.

MOTHER FUCKER

IF YOU NEED SOME DUMB SHIT TO MAKE MID RACE INTERESTING

YOUR SPORT IS GAY AS FUCK

JUST CUT THE LAPS DOWN

ok, maybe the system makes some sense

Guys these points only matters in the qualif. In the final if you finish first, you are guaranteed to win the gold.

ya I was just thinking that too

kek

Rude

the cranky old man that does the commentating for all the speed skating events on CBC is always drunk AF

holy fuck that italian woman is BISHOUJO as fuck

Fucking lol. None of the marathon/half marathon distance race are interesting in mid race. It's only start and finish that is interesting.

needs more crashing

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REMINDER: THERE ARE NO RULES

he is reading this thread

Crashing this race
WITH NO SURVIVORS

Yours, or well, the American speed skating body during the 1932 winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

Fucking pechstein you are 100 years old go fucking play bridge of something

>meme sport that no one understands
>U-S-A chants in the crowd anyway

based

He always has the rosiest red nose when he appears on camera, lol. Total alcaholic.

Oh shit. I am so sorry.

dont disrespect my waifu

In these sort of races, it's a giant game of chicken, (who's gonna start the sprint first) regardless of distance, if it's over a distance they can sprint nonstop. forcing these sprints changes that, also to force people to do the mandatory sprints instead of them not caring about them, they base qualifying on the results of those middle sprints

>why is speed-skating (longtrack, only) the most aesthetically pleasing Olympic sport?

slate.com/culture/2018/02/get-to-know-the-new-olympic-event-of-mass-start-speedskating.html

Pretty sure that was a false start ref

Stop posting this ugly slag in her even uglier suits

if this is true he must say who the favourites are

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That Estonian chick is 10/10

Oh ya, that's true. wtf...

I wonder how they'll do the final? There's no need for 16 laps if the intermediate points don't matter at all in the final.

>60, 40, 20 for crossing the finishing line first/second/third
Do these points stay the same for the final? Because that makes all the intermediate sprints completely pointless as those point totals can't be beaten.

is suzanne schulting racin this?

This is weird

The final will be a game of chicken until the final 3 laps

I don't get how these small Asian chicks are able to compete with the Europeans?

The fuck is this shit. Shouldn't they be getting absolutely destroyed?

No, she's a shorttracker not a longtracker, you dumb norge

No, she's short track.

how long is one lap?

usa is doing good? I don't know

It's the same race.

the really shiny and reflective ice is one of my favorite parts of speed skating since it doesnt get messed up quick like with figure skating and hockey, really aesthetic