The last two rounds of the men’s and women’s teams start on Tuesday. There will be four teams in each field and the winners will be determined by mutual bets.
Three skaters from each team go to the snow simultaneously, the men’s 3,200 meters and the women’s 2,400 meters.
The American men’s team competes for the gold medal after setting a world record in 3: 34.47 minutes in December.
Men’s team pursuit
The United States faces the Republic of China and Norway the Netherlands in the semifinals.
American trio Casey DawsonAnd Emery Lemon And Ethan Cipuran He finished second fastest time in the quarterfinals behind the 2018 gold medal winning Norwegian team. Joey Montia Competing with the United States, Dawson and Lehman took the lead in the world record race.
The teams leading the team usually change, but the United States recently had a skater in front of the entire race. With the Americans winning two of the three World Cup races this season, this adjustment led to strong finals.
The team pursuit debuted at the 2006 Winter Olympics, after which the United States won a silver medal. No team has won more gold medals in this competition.
Norway and the United States competed together in the quarterfinals of the test, finishing the previous one in 0.04 seconds. In the second half of the race the Americans were fast and almost took first place.
“We have had some issues in the last two sessions and need to improve some more in the next race.” Ambassador of Lund Peterson Norway. “I think we’ve waiting for the semifinals.”
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Japanese trio Miho TakagiAnd Nana Takagi And Iono Sato He set the Olympic record in 2: 53.61 and finished first in the semifinals. They are against ROC.
“I’m so excited we came to the quarterfinals and broke the Olympic record, which will give us more confidence in the next races,” Miho Takagi said.
Another game is against the Netherlands against Canada.
The Canadians had a second fast time, while the Dutch gave up bad taste.
“I was not very happy with the race”, Of Erin Scott From the Netherlands. “I do not know (what happened). We have to analyze it and improve ourselves. ”
The Netherlands have won three of the four medals so far in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Scott has won two medals over the long distance at the age of 35. Erin West He won his sixth gold medal in the 1500m.
Japan won the gold medal in 2018 after a previous Olympic record. The United States finished third, beating the Netherlands in the final.
Americans do not qualify for the 2022 event.
How to see
The event starts at 1:30 am ET and airs on the USA Network.
The hunt for the women’s team will be rebroadcast on NBC at 3:30 pm and for the men’s team at 11 pm.
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