2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3

The third competition weekend of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Alau Ice Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, from Friday, 29 November, until Sunday, 1 December 2013. It was previously announced to be in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

There were no new world records this weekend, but Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea set a new low-altitude record on the women's 500 metres on Friday, as she skated the fastest time recorded on any rink outside Calgary and Salt Lake City, continuing her winning streak from the start of the season through Saturday's race. Shani Davis of the United States and Sven Kramer of the Netherlands also continued their unbeaten streaks, on the men's 1000 metres and 5000/10000 meters, respectively.

Schedule The detailed schedule of events:  Date   Session   Events   Comment   Friday, 29 November   Afternoon   13:30: 500 m women (1)  13:52: 5000 m women  15:48: 1500 m men   Division B   Evening   18:00: 500 m women (1)  18:38: 5000 m women  19:46: 1500 m men   Division A   Saturday, 30 November   Afternoon   13:30: 500 m women (2)  13:50: 500 m men (1)  14:38: 1500 m women  15:40: 1000 m men   Division B   Evening   17:30: 500 m women (2)  17:55: 500 m men (1)  18:35: 1500 m women  19:27: 1000 m men   Division A   Sunday, 1 December   Morning   09:30: 500 m men (2)  09:54: 1000 m women  10:49: 10000 m men   Division B   Afternoon   15:00: 500 m men (2)  15:25: 1000 m women  16:10: 10000 m men   Division A  All times are BTT (UTC+6).

Medal summary

Men's events Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 500 m 1 Artyom Kuznetsov 34.85 Dmitry Lobkov 34.86 Ronald Mulder 34.87 2 Keiichiro Nagashima 34.69 Mo Tae-bum 34.87 Artyom Kuznetsov 34.92 1000 m Shani Davis 1:08.66 Mirko Giacomo Nenzi 1:08.90 Michel Mulder 1:09.02 1500 m Denis Yuskov 1:45.06 Koen Verweij 1:45.23 Zbigniew Bródka 1:45.78 10000 m Sven Kramer 13:02.38 Alexis Contin 13:14.64 Patrick Beckert 13:18.73

Women's events Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 500 m 1 Lee Sang-hwa 37.27 Jenny Wolf 37.70 Nao Kodaira 37.72 2 Lee Sang-hwa 37.32 Jenny Wolf 37.66 Olga Fatkulina 37.81 1000 m Heather Richardson 1:14.22 Brittany Bowe 1:14.78 Olga Fatkulina 1:15.18 1500 m Brittany Bowe 1.57.28 Yuliya Skokova 1.57.70 Brittany Schussler 1.57.78 5000 m Martina Sáblíková 6:59.88 Claudia Pechstein 7:01.10 Yvonne Nauta 7:04.64

Standings The top ten standings in the contested cups after the weekend.

Men's cups 500 m # Name Nat. CAL1 CAL2 SLC1 SLC2 AST1 AST2 Total 1 100 70 24 80 70 32 376 2 Mo Tae-bum 80 80 5 70 32 80 347 3 60 32 70 60 21 45 288 4 19 4 16 100 45 100 284 5 50 14 36 14 100 70 284 6 10 40 100 21 50 60 281 7 25 100 50 8 45 50 278 8 70 70 40 50 230 9 36 50 60 40 28 14 228 10 40 40 45 12 60 28 225

1000 m # Name Nat. CAL SLC AST Total 1 100 100 100 300 2 80 80 160 3 32 50 70 152 4 24 60 60 144 5 60 36 45 141 6 70 70 140 7 50 32 36 118 8 19 14 80 113 9 40 40 80 10 1 25 50 76

1500 m # Name Nat. CAL SLC AST Total 1 100 70 80 250 2 80 100 50 230 3 14 60 100 174 4 36 45 70 151 5 45 28 60 133 6 70 40 110 7 25 80 105 8 50 16 36 102 9 40 32 28 100 10 24 50 24 98

5000/10000 m # Name Nat. CAL SLC AST Total 1 100 100 100 300 2 Lee Seung-hoon 70 40 50 160 3 80 70 150 4 60 80 140 5 27 30 80 137 6 32 50 45 127 7 30 21 70 121 8 25 25 60 110 9 35 45 25 105 10 40 16 35 91

Grand World Cup # Name Nat. CAL SLC AST Total 1 18 20 15 53 2 20 7 8 35 3 10 10 10 30 4 15 8 23 5 7 15 22 6 6.5 8 7 21.5 7 11 6 17 8 8.5 4 3.5 16 6 10 16 10 Mo Tae-bum 8 3.5 4 15.5

Women's cups 500 m # Name Nat. CAL1 CAL2 SLC1 SLC2 AST1 AST2 Total 1 Lee Sang-hwa 100 100 100 100 100 100 600 2 80 80 60 28 80 80 408 3 50 50 70 80 60 50 360 4 45 45 50 70 50 70 330 5 Wang Beixing 70 70 80 60 280 6 60 36 40 21 70 227 7 40 60 45 45 190 8 32 28 36 32 28 24 180 9 10 18 14 16 45 60 163 10 28 24 12 12 32 45 153

1000 m # Name Nat. CAL SLC AST Total 1 100 80 100 280 2 70 100 80 250 3 50 60 70 180 4 80 32 112 5 40 70 110 6 Lee Sang-hwa 60 50 110 7 45 50 95 8 24 40 28 92 9 15 8 60 83 10 16 18 40 74

1500 m # Name Nat. CAL SLC AST Total 1 19 80 100 199 2 80 100 180 3 32 50 80 162 4 100 60 160 5 45 36 32 113 6 36 24 45 105 7 8 19 70 97 8 25 70 95 9 21 32 40 93 10 50 40 90

3000/5000 m # Name Nat. CAL SLC AST Total 1 80 100 100 280 2 100 80 80 260 3 45 21 70 136 4 60 70 130 5 40 45 30 115 6 27 25 60 112 7 50 60 110 8 35 40 35 110 9 23 35 45 103 10 25 16 50 91

Grand World Cup # Name Nat. CAL SLC AST Total 1 15 22.5 15.5 53 2 7 18 18 43 3 Lee Sang-hwa 16 10 15 41 4 15 10 10 35 5 15 17 32 6 5 12 13 30 7 10 8 8 26 8 18 6 24 9 5 14 19 8 3 8 19

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