| E.Ch. - 1500m ladies |
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| Sunday, 13 January 2008 | |
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The 1500m ladies: Some ladies desparately want to climb in the ranking to qualify either for the last distance (like Anna Rokita and Maren Haugli), or for the World Allround Championships, even if their countries require a top-6 rank to directly qualify (Groenewold).
1. Anghel skates 2:04.16 on the ice that has a new top layer after yesterday. She drops exactly 2 seconds each lap. After a 3k disqualification, she is not in the ranking and this was it for her. 6.Haugli / Czerwonka. Haugli was top-10 in the 3000 and can qualify for hte last distance. It would be best for that, if she climbs a few spots. Her opponent Czerwonka finishes in 2.04,49, 125,544 points, which is not enough to stay in front of Hemmer, so Czerwonka is 17th in the ranks, Hemmer climbs to place 16. Maren Haugli skates the strongest time so far, laps 0.1, 1.5, 3.3 to 2.02,34. Her points 124,001. Lobysheva and Likhachova are in the top-10 overall, but not on the long distance. The rank of Likhachova will decide if she will skate the last distance, or if Haugli takes that place. 8. Opitz / Mattscherodt. Opitz opens 26,99. Her lap 0.1, Mattscherodt 9.7; then 1.0/0.9 and 3.3/2.0. Mattscherodt skates exactly 2.00,00, fastest time, Opitz 2.01,54. They lead in the classification, with 122,978 points for Mattscherodt and 123,406 for Opitz. They are 11 and 12 in the ranks and as they were top-12 on the 3k as well, they have both qualified for the 5. 11. Leenstra / Sablikova. A great start for Leenstra in spite of touching her ankle with her skate, 26,36 and a 8.9 lap, keeps Sablikova far behind, but Sablikova is also fast. with 26,92 and 9.5. Leenstra is the winner at the Dutch allrounds on this distnace. Next lap 0.0 Leenstra and 0.4 Sablikova. Then 1.4 Sablikova an 1.8 Leenstra, whose time is 1.57,24 (119.730 points) and Sablikova 1.58,48 (120,351). They stay 5 and 6 in the ranks. 12. Pechstein / Anschütz. Pechstein 26,01, Anschütz 26,24. Then 8.9, 9.1 for Pechstein. Next lap 0.0 Pechstein, 0.4 Anschütz, which is slower than Leenstra. With 2.0 and 2.2 they finish in 1.57,28 Pechstein, just 0.04 behind Leenstra, who made the podium again. Anschütz 1.57,91. In points, Anschütz is behind Leenstra, 119,878, Pechstein 119,389 leads. 13. Wüst / Van Deutekom. Outerlane goes down too slowly and it's a first false start. But then they are off fast, 25,70 Wüst, 26,12 Deut. Laps 8.6 and 9.1, then a 0.4 for both, and in the final lap, Van Deutekom is strong. Even with a hard crossing where Van Deutekom had to wait for Wüst after 800 m, they are number one and two: 1.56,88 for Wüst, and 118,746 points. Van Deutekom 1.57,07 and 118,989 points. The time of Wüst is only 0.1 seconds away from the Championships record of Wüst set exactly a year ago. Results: A Dutch podium Wust - Van Deutekom - Leenstra. |

