ISU

After winning a glut of silverware at the ISU Junior World Championships last weekend, Jordan Stolz (USA) had no problem getting back into the swing of things on the senior circuit with victory on the opening day of the final ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. The 18-year-old Junior World Champion beat Olympic champions Kjeld Nuis (NED) head-to-head in the last 1500m World Cup race of the season on Friday, with Nuis’ second place securing him the World Cup trophy in the distance.

Abzal Azhgaliyev (KAZ) points toward a mountain range that provides a stunning backdrop for the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s former capital. It is where the 30-year-old and his fellow skaters on the Kazakh national team spent last summer, training at altitude in a bid to reach new heights on the ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating stage.

Coming off the ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Inzell (GER), Jordan Stolz (USA) returns to the senior ISU World Cup Series in Tomaszów Mazowiecki (POL) with a suitcase full of silverware. In the Women’s tournament Jutta Leerdam (NED) is back to give Miho Takagi (JPN) a run for her money in the 1000m World Cup ranking.

Angel Daleman (NED) became the youngest ever Allround World Junior Champion in Speed Skating. The 15-year-old Dutch girl won four individual gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Inzell (GER). Jordan Stolz (USA), who already made a name for himself with World Cup victories in the senior ranks earlier this season, won the Men’s Allround title, racking up a total of four individual golds and two bronzes.

Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA) took their third ISU Four Continents Ice Dance title, winning on home ice in Colorado Springs (USA) on Sunday.

After Marijke Groenewoud (NED) beat Miho Takagi (JPN) in the 1500m to take her first World Cup win on Saturday, Kimi Goetz (USA) did the exactly same thing in the 1000m on Sunday. On the podium, the 29-year-old American was accompanied by compatriot and world record holder Brittany Bowe, who won her first World Cup medal of this season in third place behind Takagi. Groenewoud added another gold to her tally on Sunday, concluding a superb weekend with a powerful sprint in the mass start. 

Suzanne Schulting (NED) was always going to receive the first ever women’s Crystal Globe trophy in Dordrecht, Netherlands on Sunday, as the 25-year-old Dutchwoman had already sealed the crucial points at the World Cup meeting in Dresden, Germany last weekend.

There is simply no stopping Park Ji Won (KOR). The 26-year-old won his ninth individual ISU World Cup gold medal of the season in Dordrecht, Netherlands on Sunday to claim the first ever Crystal Globe trophy.

Kao Miura (JPN) flew high and skated off with the Men’s title as the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs (USA) continued Saturday.

Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara made history again by winning the Pairs title at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2023 Saturday in Colorado Springs (USA).

Marijke Groenewoud (NED) took her career first World Cup win when she beat favorite Miho Takagi (JPN) in the 1500m on Saturday. Ragne Wiklund (NOR) was also faster than Takagi, but the 28-year-old Japanese secured the World Cup trophy with bronze in the penultimate race of the season. The Canadian women secured their fourth consecutive World Cup trophy in the Team Pursuit, wrapping up their third consecutive perfect season with a narrow win over the Netherlands and Team USA. 

Park Ji Won (KOR) and Steven Dubois (CAN) claimed the two ISU World Cup gold medals on offer in the men’s events in Dordrecht, Netherlands on Saturday to kick off the last meeting of the season in style.

Davide Ghiotto (ITA) beat Patrick Roest (NED) to win his career first in the 5000m on Saturday. The Italian endurance specialist had already won the 10,000m World Cup race in Calgary earlier this season, but World Cup leader Roest had not lost a World Cup 5000m race so far this season. Earlier on Wataru Morishige (JPN) won the 500m, ahead of World Cup leader Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) and second-ranked Yuma Murakami (JPN).

Hanne Desmet (BEL) upset local hero Suzanne Schulting (NED) to clinch a women’s 1500m victory as the last ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup meeting of the season got under way in Dordrecht, Netherlands on Saturday.

Haein Lee (KOR) rose from sixth place to snatch the ISU Four Continents crown in what was an eventful Women’s Free Skate in Colorado Springs (USA).