2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2

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The second competition weekend of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, United States, from Friday, November 20, until Sunday, November 22, 2015.[1]

There were six world records over the course of the weekend. On Friday, Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia shaved another 2/100 off his 500 m world record from the previous weekend.[2] On Saturday, Ted-Jan Bloemen of Canada unexpectedly beat Dutchman Sven Kramer's 10000 m world record from 2007 with more than five seconds, and American Heather Richardson-Bergsma beat compatriot Brittany Bowe's 1500 m world record from the weekend before.[3]

On Sunday, Bowe responded by taking back her 1000 m world record, which she had lost to Richardson the previous weekend.[4] Additionally, both the men's and the women's team sprint records, established only the weekend before, were beaten.

Multiple winners were Kulizhnikov, who won both 500 m races and the 1000 m race, and Zhang Hong of China, who won both women's 500 m races and the team sprint.

Schedule[edit]

The detailed schedule of events:[5]

 Date   Session   Events   Comment 
 Friday, November 20   Morning   09:00: 5000 m women 
 10:23: 500 m women (1) 
 11:04: 500 m men (1) 
 Division B 
 Afternoon   13:00: 5000 m women 
 14:10: 500 m women (1) 
 14:35: 500 m men (1) 
 15:15: 1500 m men 
 Division A 
 16:52: 1500 m men   Division B 
 Saturday, November 21   Morning   09:00: 500 m women (2) 
 09:26: 1000 m men 
 10:48: 1500 m women 
 Division B 
 Afternoon   13:00: 10000 m men 
 15:06: 500 m women (2) 
 15:31: 1000 m men 
 16:16: 1500 m women 
 Division A 
 17:53: 10000 m men   Division B 
 Sunday, November 22   Morning   09:00: 1000 m women 
 09:50: 500 m men (2) 
 10:43: Mass start women 
 11:13: Mass start men 
 Division B 
 Afternoon   13:00: 1000 m women 
 13:35: 500 m men (2) 
 14:15: Mass start women 
 14:45: Mass start men 
 Division A 
 15:30: Team sprint women 
 15:47: Team sprint men 

All times are MST (UTC−7).

Medal summary[edit]

Men's events[edit]

Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report
500 m 1 Pavel Kulizhnikov
 Russia
33.98
WR
Mitchell Whitmore
 United States
34.19 William Dutton
 Canada
34.35 [6]
2 Pavel Kulizhnikov
 Russia
34.13 William Dutton
 Canada
34.34 Laurent Dubreuil
 Canada
34.36 [7]
1000 m Pavel Kulizhnikov
 Russia
1:06.70 Kjeld Nuis
 Netherlands
1:07.02 Gerben Jorritsma
 Netherlands
1:07.23 [8]
1500 m Kjeld Nuis
 Netherlands
1:42.18 Joey Mantia
 United States
1:42.45 Shani Davis
 United States
1:42.90 [9]
10000 m Ted-Jan Bloemen
 Canada
12:36.30
WR
Sven Kramer
 Netherlands
12:44.26 Jorrit Bergsma
 Netherlands
12:53.99 [10]
Mass start Arjan Stroetinga
 Netherlands
60 A Fabio Francolini
 Italy
41 A Bart Swings
 Belgium
21 A [11]
Team sprint  Canada
William Dutton
Alexandre St-Jean
Vincent De Haître
1:17.75
WR
 Russia
Kirill Golubev
Artyom Kuznetsov
Aleksey Yesin
1:19.12  Netherlands
Hein Otterspeer
Kai Verbij
Stefan Groothuis
1:19.20 [12]
A In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

Women's events[edit]

Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report
500 m 1 Zhang Hong
 China
36.56 Brittany Bowe
 United States
37.03 Heather Richardson-Bergsma
 United States
37.13 [13]
2 Zhang Hong
 China
36.82 Lee Sang-hwa
 South Korea
36.83 Brittany Bowe
 United States
37.08 [14]
1000 m Brittany Bowe
 United States
1:12.18
WR
Zhang Hong
 China
1:12.77 Heather Richardson-Bergsma
 United States
1:13.45 [15]
1500 m Heather Richardson-Bergsma
 United States
1:50.85
WR
Brittany Bowe
 United States
1:51.31 Martina Sáblíková
 Czech Republic
1:53.44 [16]
5000 m Martina Sáblíková
 Czech Republic
6:47.42 Natalya Voronina
 Russia
6:53.16 Ivanie Blondin
 Canada
6:55.88 [17]
Mass start Irene Schouten
 Netherlands
60 A Ivanie Blondin
 Canada
40 A Misaki Oshigiri
 Japan
20 A [18]
Team sprint  China
Yu Jing
Zhang Hong
Li Qishi
1:24.65
WR
 Russia
Yekaterina Shikhova
Nadezhda Aseyeva
Olga Fatkulina
1:26.07  Japan
Erina Kamiya
Maki Tsuji
Nao Kodaira
1:26.62 [19]
A In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

Standings[edit]

The top ten standings in the contested cups after the weekend. The top five nations in the team sprint cups.

Men's cups[edit]

Grand World Cup
# Name Nat. CGY SLC Total
1 Bart Swings Belgium 230 170 400
2 Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia 180 200 380
3 Kjeld Nuis Netherlands 130 180 310
4 Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands 160 70 230
5 Joey Mantia United States 130 80 210
6 Shani Davis United States 50 130 180
Sven Kramer Netherlands 100 80 180
8 Ted-Jan Bloemen Canada 70 100 170
9 Gerben Jorritsma Netherlands 100 70 170
10 William Dutton Canada 75 75 150
Arjan Stroetinga Netherlands 50 100 150

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Women's cups[edit]

Grand World Cup
# Name Nat. CGY SLC Total
1 Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States 295 235 530
2 Brittany Bowe United States 245 255 500
3 Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic 230 170 400
4 Zhang Hong China 160 180 340
5 Irene Schouten Netherlands 160 150 310
6 Ivanie Blondin Canada 70 150 220
7 Marrit Leenstra Netherlands 50 120 170
8 Lee Sang-hwa South Korea 90 70 160
9 Natalya Voronina Russia 70 80 150
10 Ida Njåtun Norway 60 50 110

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