2011 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

The 42nd World Speed Skating Sprint Championship was held on 22 and 23 January 2011 at Dutch Heerenveen Thialf. Heerenveen was the sixth time host the Sprint World Championship.

In the women's defending champion Lee Sang- hwa of South Korea had to cancel their start due to injury in the short term. Here Christine Nesbitt won for the first time from Canada with solid 500 m race and each gained 1,000 m races before the two local hero inside Annette Gerritsen and Margot Boer. On the first day Nesbitt set over 1,000 m in 1:15,01 minutes a new track record.

For men, Lee Kyu- hyeok could successfully defend his title from South Korea. The foundation for victory he laid with two clear victories over the 500 m distance. Stefan Groothuis, who still lay to the delight of the audience after the first day at the top of the standings, fell on the second day still back at square 4.

The DESG nominated by Judith Hesse, Gabi Hirschbichler, Denny Ihle, Nico Ihle, Samuel Black, and Jenny Wolf six athletes for the World Cup. While Jenny Wolf anpeilte their fourth in a row, the German men went this year after the upward trend in the World Cup hopes in top positions.

Jenny Wolf as the best German skier won both 500m races and was in three of the four runs on points at No. 2 affected by muscular symptoms, they reached after a weak last 1,000 m race only the space 8 Nico Ihle took after more than ten years for the first time the hoped finished in the top ten runners for a German sprinter.

3.2.1 Final
3.2.2 1st run 500 meters
3.2.3 1st run 1000 meters
3.2.4 2nd run 500 meters
3.2.5 2nd run 1,000 meters

Competition

When Sprint World Championships four routes are run, twice each over a distance of 500 m and 1,000 m, on both days, two routes are ever run. If a sportsman starts on the inner race over a distance on the first day, it starts on the second day to the outer track and vice versa. Only the top 24 men and women after three routes qualify for the fourth line.

The times obtained are converted into points. About 500 m corresponds to the elapsed time of the score, over 1,000 m yields the elapsed time in seconds divided by 2 the score. The athlete with the lowest total score after four routes wins the sprint World Cup.

Participant

72 athletes participated in the contest, 29 women and 43 men. Overall, 20 different nations were represented.

Results

Women

Full Time

Displays the twelve most successful sportsmen of the Sprint Cup.

In the event of a tie, by the time the last track on the placement.

1st run 500 meters

1st run 1000 meters

2nd run 500 meters

2nd run 1,000 meters