Team sprint
The Olympic committee has specified in 2018 the rules of the team sprint as follows:
The team consists of three skaters. They start together but after the skater in the front drops out and the two other skaters continue another round. Then the second skater drops out and the third skater finishes the last round. The first position has to be taken over between start line and the entry of the first curve which has been indicated.
While the rules were specified in 2018 the first time this race was officially held in the world championships was in 2022 and this race was not yet included in speed skating program of the Olympic games. Nevertheless. the skaters and the public liked the race as can be seen in this video during an world cup race.
The team consists of three skaters. They start together but after the skater in the front drops out and the two other skaters continue another round. Then the second skater drops out and the third skater finishes the last round. The first position has to be taken over between start line and the entry of the first curve which has been indicated.
While the rules were specified in 2018 the first time this race was officially held in the world championships was in 2022 and this race was not yet included in speed skating program of the Olympic games. Nevertheless. the skaters and the public liked the race as can be seen in this video during an world cup race.
The first and only time so far that a team spring was included in the sprint world championships was in 2022. In the table below the results of the individual races and the team races have been summarized.
The table shows again that the fastest skaters on the individual distances not necessarily are also the winners at the team spring race. The two Dutch skaters who obtained the gold and the siver medal were not the best in the team sprint. In the case of the women races the two best races on the individual distances were also the best in the team sprint.
At the race of the men the difference in time are extremely small . This makes the races ofcourse very exciting.
It is at the moment too early to say if this special team race will become included in all world and Olympic championships. It is too too say this at the moment but it looks rather promising.
At the race of the men the difference in time are extremely small . This makes the races ofcourse very exciting.
It is at the moment too early to say if this special team race will become included in all world and Olympic championships. It is too too say this at the moment but it looks rather promising.