The fourth competition weekend of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 12 December, until Sunday, 14 December 2014.
Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia continued his brilliant form from the start of the season by winning three gold medals in the men's competitions; both 500 m races, and the 1000 m race.
In the women's competitions, Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe made it a "triple double" for the United States by taking gold and silver in three races, the second 500 m, the 1000 m, and the 1500 m.
In the men's 500 m on Friday, Christian Oberbichler of Austria improved his own national record, set only the previous weekend. In the 5000 m race on Saturday, Viktor Hald Torup of Denmark set a new national record, and Nils van der Poel of Sweden set a national junior record.
Schedule The detailed schedule of events: Date Session Events Comment Friday, 12 December Afternoon 12:00: 500 m women (1) 12:40: 500 m men (1) 13:34: 3000 m women Division B Evening 16:00: 3000 m women 16:59: 500 m women (1) 17:22: 500 m men (1) Division A 18:12: Team pursuit men Saturday, 13 December Morning 09:30: 1000 m women 10:24: 1000 m men 11:29: 5000 m men Division B Afternoon 14:00: 1000 m women 14:46: 5000 m men Division A 16:33: Team pursuit women 17:21: 1000 m men Division A Sunday, 14 December Morning 09:00: 1500 m women 10:03: 1500 m men 11:31: 500 m women (2) 12:09: 500 m men (2) Division B Afternoon 14:00: 1500 m women 14:54: 1500 m men 15:47: 500 m women (2) 16:29: 500 m men (2) Division A 17:11: Mass start women 17:31: Mass start men All times are CET (UTC+1).
Medal summary
Men's events Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 500 m 1 Pavel Kulizhnikov 34.63 Artur Waś 34.91 Laurent Dubreuil 35.16 2 Pavel Kulizhnikov 34.58 Artur Waś 34.87 Jan Smeekens 35.01 1000 m Pavel Kulizhnikov 1:08.77 Kjeld Nuis 1:09.04 Hein Otterspeer 1:09.06 1500 m Jan Szymański 1:45.92 Wouter olde Heuvel 1:46.22 Shani Davis 1:46.33 5000 m Sven Kramer 6:12.74 Jorrit Bergsma 6:14.08 Wouter olde Heuvel 6:19,58 Mass start Jorrit Bergsma 70 Lee Seung-hoon 40 Fabio Francolini 20 Team pursuit Kim Cheol-minKo Byung-wookLee Seung-hoon 3:44.57 Arjan StroetingaFrank VreugdenhilDouwe de Vries 3:44.97 Håvard BøkkoFredrik van der HorstSverre Lunde Pedersen 3:45.52 In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.
Women's events Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 500 m 1 Lee Sang-hwa 37.69 Nao Kodaira 37.70 Judith Hesse 37.88 2 Heather Richardson 37.72 Brittany Bowe 38.05 Lee Sang-hwa 38.07 1000 m Heather Richardson 1:14.63 Brittany Bowe 1:14.68 Li Qishi 1:15.71 1500 m Heather Richardson 1:53.87 Brittany Bowe 1:54.70 Marrit Leenstra 1:55.95 3000 m Martina Sáblíková 4:02.84 Ireen Wüst 4:03.14 Carlijn Achtereekte 4:05.95 Mass start Ivanie Blondin 60 Kim Bo-reum 40 Irene Schouten 20 Team pursuit Carlijn AchtereekteLinda de VriesMarrit Leenstra 2:59.69 Bente KrausClaudia PechsteinIsabell Ost 3:01.96 Aleksandra GossKatarzyna WoźniakLuiza Złotkowska 3:02.31 In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.
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