The B-group 1500m ladies' races finished, the men's will start at 11.00.

A summary: Frida van Megen made her world cup debut with 2:09.93, having trouble to make long strokes. Her pairmate Shannon Sibold from Canada skated 2:06.03.

Another Canadian in pair two, Michele d'Amours, did 2:05.38, the fastest time so far. Yulia Yasyonok from Belarus had problems after 800m and finished only in 2:09.25.

Martina Windhager had to skate alone. 2:11.11. She is young. But even younger is Andrea Jirku in the next pair. She skates with Daniela Oltean, who is back after absence in the first half of the season (see her quote), and Oltean starts fastest of the two, with 27.32 (fastest opening), 58.17 passing, 1:31.51 (only a little behind d'Amours), where Jirku had 28.40, 59.48, 1:32.03. But the end of the race was really close, and both girls tried really hard to win this pair. Jirku succeeded in 2:05.62, Oltean had 2:05.74.

One pair to go: Karoline Zillmann, the new German, with Maria Lamb (USA). Maria was fastest from the start and with 26.53, 57.02, 1:29.14 as intermediate times, she won in 2:03.32. Behind her on the podium: Michele D'Amours and Andrea Jirku: it had been worth the fight.