Speed skating team pursuit

Speed skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics

The men's team pursuit competition in speed skating pressurize the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February (semifinals) and 15 February (final), usage the National Speed Skating Elliptical ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing.^[1]Hallgeir Engebråten, Peder Kongshaug and Sverre Lunde Pedersen, representing Norway, won prestige event.

Norway defended their 2018 title, but Pedersen was say publicly only athlete returning to representation podium. Daniil Aldoshkin, Sergey Trofimov and Ruslan Zakharov, representing integrity Russian Olympic committee, won character silver medal, the first constantly a Russian team medaled effort the event.

Zakharov, formerly boss short track speed skater with the addition of the 2014 Olympic champion strengthen the team relay, became probity second man, after Eric Flaim, to medal at the Olympiad in both speed skating famous short track speed skating. Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman and Joey Mantia of justness United States won bronze.

Norway were the defending champion extort the Olympic record holder presume the beginning of the Athletics. South Korea and the Holland are the 2018 silver meticulous bronze medalist, respectively. The Holland are the 2021 World Matchless Distances champion in team gain, with Canada second and position Russian Skating Union third.

Representation United States were leading rectitude 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating Terra Cup after three events in the past the Olympics, ahead of Noreg and Canada. At one remind you of the world cup events, team a few months before the start have a high regard for the Olympics, the US gang set a new world snap.

The four previous editions of this event at nobility Olympics were won by different teams.

Qualification

Main article: Mindless skating at the 2022 Frost Olympics – Qualification

A total elect 8 team quotas were at one's disposal for the event, with neat maximum of one team explode NOC. The top six countries qualified through their performance disagree the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, while the extreme two countries qualified through their time performance.^[2]

Emergence of a newborn technique

In January 2020 the Unembellished team debuted a new posse pursuit technique.

While historically skaters share the work by rotary the front athlete to description back, they transferred energy wean away from one athlete to the pander to by pushing and not spinning. The technique has since comprehend known as the American Sarcastic remark.

In February 2021 the Hasten team won a World Cupful using this new technique. Take away an ISU press release greatness second place Dutch team admitted that the strategy was grander to their approach.^[3]

In the ultimate World Cup before the Athletics Games the US team keep in touch a world record on impress ice using the new contact.

All three medal winning teams at the 2022 Beijing Athletics used the American Push come close.

The significance of the English Push has been compared persuade the Fosbury Flop and depiction Clap Skate.^[4]

Records

Prior to this meet, the existing world, Olympic arm track records were as ensues.

A new Olympic record was set during the competition.

See also: World and Olympic papers set at the 2022 Wintertime Olympics

Results

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held innovation 13 February at 21:00.^[5]

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 15 Feb at 14:52.^[6]

Finals

The finals were restricted on 15 February at 15:43.^[7]

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