Speed ​​Skating - 2014 Sochi
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The absolute domination of the Netherlands in the speed skating is marking the history of the Winter Games. Never in fact a nation had collected so many medals in a single sport how much orange in the speed skating in Sochi 2014. It was also in 1972 that a country could not monopolize the top four positions of an event as done today by the Dutch in the women's 1,500 meters.
Sunday 16 February 2014 5 minutes reading time
ALREADY BEATEN THE RECORD OF'''' AustriaThe most striking concerns medals collected so far by the Dutch in speed skating. With a hat-trick today the Netherlands have reached the limit of 16.
Never has a nation had won so many medals in a single sport in the same edition of the Olympic Games. The previous record belonged to Austria'' which won 14 medals at the 2006 Turin in alpine skiing.
It should be noted as still missing 4 races at the end of the program's speed skating (10,000 male and 5,000 female pursuits in teams). In other words, the'' Holland can further improve his record and aspire to break the threshold of 20 medals in a single sport.
ALSO RECORD'' CADRA ORI? Acquired the record for total medals, the'' Holland has what it takes in order to establish the primacy of'' gold medals won in a single sport.
Until now, the limit is 6 gold,'' signed by the Soviet Union in its speed skating at Squaw Valley 1960.
'' The Netherlands is currently at 5, but the gold in the team pursuit are already booked, as well as that of the 10,000 men. In other words can fall also holds the record for most medals of precious metal.
POKER IS NOT happened for 42 ANNICominciamo just from poker today signed by Jorien ter Mors (gold), Ireen Wüst (silver), Lotte van Beek (bronze) and Marrit Leenstra (fourth).
A research conducted by our editor Max Valley revealed that the'' last "quadruplet" carried out by a nation even went back to the Winter Olympics in Sapporo in 1972, when the men's single luge East Germany won the gold with'' Wolfgang Scheidl, the '' Harald Ehrig with silver, bronze with Wolfram Fiedler Klaus-Michael Bonsack and placed fourth.
In general, understanding what has been done today'' from the Netherlands, is only the seventh time in the history of the Winter Olympic Games in which one country monopolizes the top four positions, the third after the war, the first ever in speed skating.
SOCHI 2014 - Speed ​​Skating - Women's 1500 - OlandaSAPPORO, 1972 - Luge - Men's Single Sculls - Germany EstSQUAW VALLEY 1960 - Cross Country - Women's 10 km - UrssGARMISCH 1936 - Cross Country Skiing - Men's 50 km - SveziaLAKE PLACID 1932 - Nordic Combined - Individual - NorvegiaCHAMONIX 1924 - Nordic Combined - Individual - NorvegiaCHAMONIX 1924 - Cross Country Skiing - Men's 50 km - Norway
NEVER THE SAME THREE TRIPLETTE EDIZIONEUn more blatantly obvious in the number of podiums monopolized by'' Holland. Before today'' s gold-silver-bronze ter Mors, Wüst and van Beek in the 1500 women had occurred two triplets: Kramer-Blokhuijsen-Bergsma in the 5,000 male and Michael Mulder Smeekens-Ronald Mulder in 500 men.
Ever a nation was able to monopolize three podium finishes in the same sport in the same edition of the Olympic Winter Games.
In other words, the'' Holland of speed skating is collecting what is generally done by the United States or Russia'' in athletics or swimming at the Summer Games, the whole establishing a dictatorship ever seen within the Winter Games.
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