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Originally Posted by Steulen
And? Did he make it?
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Not the World Allround Championship, no. Finished eighth, his poor sprinting killed his hopes. Set a couple more NZ records though: 1:51.54 on the 1500 (three seconds better than the old record) and 13:43.69 on the 10k (a 45-second improvement.) - and those times should be enough to qualify for the Olympics, though that process doesn't begin until next year.
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Originally Posted by Steulen
This on the basis that I prefer a sport which has people from all over hte world competing to a Dutchies clean-sweeping a field of two Norwegians and a Yank.
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Yes, I seem to remember your opinion on speed skating. Disagree, obviously. (Though I wouldn't be opposed to inline skating making the Summer Olympics; those decisions are rather invariant of each other though, as there are a lot more summer sports than winter sports wanting space in the Olympics.)