2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

International speed skating competition World Allround Speed Skating Championships WCh Allround 2007.jpg Thialf (Heerenveen) Heerenveen, Netherlands Thialf 9–11 February 48 Sven Kramer Enrico Fabris Carl Verheijen NED ITA NED Ireen Wüst Anni Friesinger Cindy Klassen NED GER CAN 2006 Calgary 2008 Berlin The 2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands on 9–11 February 2007. The Championships were three-day allround events, with the skaters completing four distances before the final championship standings are determined based on the samalog system. The organising body, the Royal Dutch Speed Skating Association nl Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond (KNSB), celebrated its 125-year anniversary with full stands on all three days. Athletes from the host country, the Netherlands, won both the men's and the women's event; Sven Kramer set a world record on the men's 10,000 metres on his way to the European and World Allround double, while Ireen Wüst won by nearly two points after being narrowly beaten by Martina Sáblíková at the European Championships. For the first time since 1979, the male and female World Champion came from the same country. Defending champion Shani Davis finished sixth after losing time on the two longest distances, while former sprint World Champion Erben Wennemars debuted at the World Allround Championships with a fifth place. Last year's female champion, Cindy Klassen, finished third, a quarter of a point behind Anni Friesinger, who did not compete in 2006. Men championships 500 m World Championships debutant Wennemars won from the last pair, just ahead of Morrison (silver in 2006) and Davis (gold in 2006). European Champion Kramer, who won the bronze medal in 2006, finished fifth, more than a second closer to the lead than in 2006, after setting a new personal best time of 36.41. From the fourth of twelve pairs, 2004 champion Hedrick took the lead with his time of 36.77, but still finished twelfth, nine places down from 2006. Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints Erben Wennemars NED 35.79 1. Erben Wennemars NED 35.790 Denny Morrison CAN 35.81 2. Denny Morrison CAN 35.810 Shani Davis USA 35.84 3. Shani Davis USA 35.840 4. Enrico Fabris ITA 36.27 4. Enrico Fabris ITA 36.270 5. Sven Kramer NED 36.41 5. Sven Kramer NED 36.410 6. Ivan Skobrev RUS 36.43 6. Ivan Skobrev RUS 36.430 7. Stefan Heythausen GER 36.44 7. Stefan Heythausen GER 36.440 8. Choi Kwun-won KOR 36.53 8. Choi Kwun-won KOR 36.530 9. Håvard Bøkko NOR 36.58 9. Håvard Bøkko NOR 36.580 10. Steven Elm CAN 36.66 10. Steven Elm CAN 36.660 12. Chad Hedrick USA 36.77 12. Chad Hedrick USA 36.770 15. Carl Verheijen NED 37.13 15. Carl Verheijen NED 37.130 16. Eskil Ervik NOR 37.40 16. Eskil Ervik NOR 37.400 5000 m In 2006, Kramer had won this distance by a hundredth of a second over Hedrick, and half a second over fourth-placed Davis. Now, Kramer was dominant, clocking a time which Verheijen in the final pair could only come within four seconds of. Davis finished 14 seconds adrift, falling down to third in the overall standings after the first day, while Fabris in second had also lost to Kramer compared to 2006. Ervik, distance fifth in 2006 only a couple of seconds behind Kramer, opened at 1500-metre pace and slowed down considerably, falling all the way down to ninth. Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints Sven Kramer NED 6:12.97 1. Sven Kramer NED 73.707 Carl Verheijen NED 6:16.16 2. Enrico Fabris ITA 74.180 Enrico Fabris ITA 6:19.10 3. Shani Davis USA 74.460 4. Håvard Bøkko NOR 6:20.34 4. Håvard Bøkko NOR 74.614 5. Wouter olde Heuvel NED 6:20.37 5. Carl Verheijen NED 74.746 6. Arne Dankers CAN 6:24.29 6. Erben Wennemars NED 74.755 7. Shani Davis USA 6:26.20 7. Wouter olde Heuvel NED 75.157 8. Johan Röjler SWE 6:26.96 8. Denny Morrison CAN 75.277 9. Eskil Ervik NOR 6:28.21 9. Ivan Skobrev RUS 75.421 10. Erben Wennemars NED 6:29.65 10. Eskil Ervik NOR 76.221 17. Chad Hedrick USA 6:36.59 14. Chad Hedrick USA 76.429 1500 m 300px|right|thumb|Distance winner Erben Wennemars smiling after the race. This became Kramer's weakest distance of the championship, weak enough to allow Fabris to catch up in the overall standings before the final distance. The distance between the two before the final distance was 1.26 seconds, half a second more than in Collalbo. Kramer and Fabris skated in the last pair; before that, Wennemars had set a track record with 1:45.19 in the tenth pair. Davis finished fourth, three places down compared to Calgary, and needed to beat Wennemars on the 10,000 to take bronze - while also keeping Verheijen within 12 seconds, though Verheijen had beaten Davis by ten seconds over the half-distance. Hedrick's thirteenth place meant he was not good enough to qualify for the final distance, but his win over Canadian Justin Warsylewicz in the allround total, however, kept Warsylewicz out of the final distance. Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints Erben Wennemars NED 1:45.19 1. Sven Kramer NED 109.440 Denny Morrison CAN 1:45.70 2. Enrico Fabris ITA 109.503 Enrico Fabris ITA 1:45.97 3. Erben Wennemars NED 109.818 4. Shani Davis USA 1:46.10 4. Shani Davis USA 109.826 5. Carl Verheijen NED 1:47.18 5. Carl Verheijen NED 110.472 6. Sven Kramer NED 1:47.20 6. Denny Morrison CAN 110.510 7. Eskil Ervik NOR 1:47.49 7. Håvard Bøkko NOR 110.620 8. Steven Elm CAN 1:47.60 8. Wouter olde Heuvel NED 111.267 9. Stefan Heythausen GER 1:47.97 9. Ivan Skobrev RUS 111.774 10. Håvard Bøkko NOR 1:48.02 10. Eskil Ervik NOR 112.051 11. Arne Dankers CAN 1:48.29 12. Chad Hedrick USA 112.582 12. Wouter olde Heuvel NED 1:48.33 16. Johan Röjler SWE 112.746 13. Chad Hedrick USA 1:48.46 17. Arne Dankers CAN 112.945 10000 m In the final pair, Kramer, who set a world record at the 2006 Championship, now bettered that world record by a second to become the first to skate 10 km below 12:50. Kramer only required to skate 13:12 to become world champion, but in the final pair he and Verheijen were in a class of their own. Verheijen beat Fabris by 15 seconds, but needed to beat him by 19 seconds to take the silver medal, thus the allround podium was identical to that at the European Championships. Ervik finished on the podium on the 10,000 metres for the first time in any race this season, but did not advance significantly in the final standings. Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints Sven Kramer NED 12:49.88 1. Sven Kramer NED 147.934 Carl Verheijen NED 12:55.30 2. Enrico Fabris ITA 149.043 Eskil Ervik NOR 13:08.92 3. Carl Verheijen NED 149.237 4. Enrico Fabris ITA 13:10.80 4. Håvard Bøkko NOR 150.325 5. Håvard Bøkko NOR 13:14.03 5. Erben Wennemars NED 150.601 6. Wouter olde Heuvel NED 13:18.38 6. Shani Davis USA 150.712 7. Ivan Skobrev RUS 13:22.15 7. Wouter olde Heuvel NED 151.186 8. Johan Röjler SWE 13:24.96 8. Eskil Ervik NOR 151.497 9. Arne Dankers CAN 13:25.43 9. Ivan Skobrev RUS 151.881 10. Erben Wennemars NED 13:35.67 10. Denny Morrison CAN 152.611 11. Shani Davis USA 13:37.73 11. Johan Röjler SWE 152.994 12. Denny Morrison CAN 14:02.03 12. Arne Dankers CAN 153.216 Allround results 350px|right|thumb|The world champion, Sven Kramer, through a curve. Place Athlete Country 500 m 5000 m 1500 m 10000 m Points Sven Kramer 36.41 ( 5) 6:12.97 ( 1) 1:47.20 ( 6) 12:49.88 ( 1) 147.934 Enrico Fabris 36.27 ( 4) 6:19.10 ( 3) 1:45.97 ( 3) 13:10.80 ( 4) 149.043 Carl Verheijen 37.13 (15) 6:16.16 ( 2) 1:47.18 ( 5) 12:55.30 ( 2) 149.237 4 Håvard Bøkko 36.58 ( 9) 6:20.34 ( 4) 1:48.03 (10) 13:14.03 ( 5) 150.325 5 Erben Wennemars 35.79 ( 1) 6:29.65 (10) 1:45.19 ( 1) 13:35.67 (10) 150.601 6 Shani Davis 35.84 ( 3) 6:26.20 ( 7) 1:46.10 ( 4) 13:37.33 (11) 150.712 7 Wouter olde Heuvel 37.12 (14) 6:20.37 ( 5) 1:48.33 (12) 13:18.38 ( 6) 151.186 8 Eskil Ervik 37.40 (16) 6:28.21 ( 9) 1:47.49 ( 7) 13:08.92 ( 3) 151.497 9 Ivan Skobrev 36.43 ( 6) 6:29.91 (11) 1:49.06 (15) 13:22.15 ( 7) 151.811 10 Denny Morrison 35.81 ( 2) 6:34.67 (15) 1:45.70 ( 2) 14:02.03 (12) 152.611 11 Johan Röjler 37.60 (18) 6:26.96 ( 8) 1:49.35 (19) 13:24.96 ( 8) 152.994 12 Arne Dankers 38.42 (23) 6:24.29 ( 6) 1:48.29 (11) 13:25.43 ( 9) 153.216 NQ13 Steven Elm 36.66 (10) 6:39.23 (22) 1:47.60 ( 8) 112.449 NQ14 Chad Hedrick 36.77 (12) 6:36.59 (17) 1:48.46 (13) 112.582 NQ15 Justin Warsylewicz 37.09 (13) 6:33.12 (12) 1:48.56 (14) 112.588 NQ16 Choi Kwun-won 36.53 ( 8) 6:37.57 (20) 1:49.16 (14) 112.673 NQ17 Stefan Heythausen 36.44 ( 7) 6:42.60 (23) 1:47.97 ( 9) 112.690 NQ18 Sverre Haugli 37.64 (19) 6:33.87 (13) 1:49.07 (16) 113.383 NQ19 Henrik Christiansen 37.56 (17) 6:36.94 (18) 1:49.34 (18) 113.700 NQ20 Matteo Anesi 37.69 (21) 6:37.51 (19) 1:50.00 (20) 114.107 NQ21 Hiroki Hirako 37.64 (19) 6:35.50 (16) 1:51.59 (23) 114.386 NQ22 Alexis Contin 37.72 (22) 6:38.89 (21) 1:51.19 (22) 114.672 NQ23 Jarmo Valtonen 36.67 (11) 6:55.07 (24) 1:50.01 (21) 114.847 NQ24 Tobias Schneider 1:28.98 (24) 6:33.93 (14) withdrew after fall NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified Notes Konrad Niedźwiedzki of Poland was qualified according to the standings at the 2007 European Championships, but did not start, allowing Alexis Contin of France to take his place. After winning a skate-off tournament two weeks before the Championship, Erben Wennemars replaced Mark Tuitert in the Dutch team. Finland had a qualified skater for the first time since 1998 (when qualifying rules were less restrictive), South Korea for the first time since 1999, and France for the first time since 2001. 12 nations were qualified, the largest number since 2002. The top six from the 2006 Championship are all present. In addition, Chad Hedrick who was disqualified on the final distance in 2006 after a second place in the overall standings after three distances, participated, but did not qualify for the final distance. Quotas for 2008: Europe 13, North America 8, Asia 3. Women championships 500 m Friesinger, the three-time gold medallist from the World Championships, turned up for the first time since 2005 and did so by winning the first distance, just like in 2005 when she won all four distances. With 38.44, Wüst got her best 500 metre performance at a World Championships, while defending champion Klassen, who had then beaten all opponents by over a second at this distance, finished third. Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints Anni Friesinger GER 38.38 1. Anni Friesinger GER 38.380 Ireen Wüst NED 38.44 2. Ireen Wüst NED 38.440 Cindy Klassen CAN 38.66 3. Cindy Klassen CAN 38.660 4. Yekaterina Lobysheva RUS 38.88 4. Yekaterina Lobysheva RUS 38.880 5. Wang Fei CHN 39.05 5. Wang Fei CHN 39.050 6. Christine Nesbitt CAN 39.18 6. Christine Nesbitt CAN 39.180 7. Yekaterina Abramova RUS 39.68 7. Yekaterina Abramova RUS 39.680 8. Daniela Anschütz-Thoms GER 39.76 8. Daniela Anschütz-Thoms GER 39.760 9. Kristina Groves CAN 39.80 9. Kristina Groves CAN 39.800 10. Claudia Pechstein GER 39.82 10. Claudia Pechstein GER 39.820 13. Renate Groenewold NED 40.24 13. Renate Groenewold NED 40.240 14. Maki Tabata JPN 40.28 14. Maki Tabata JPN 40.280 1500 m Wüst finished only a couple of hundredths of a second behind her personal best from Calgary, and beat Friesinger by more than a second, though she was alone in the ninth pair after the scheduled pairmate Groenewold withdrew with illness. Wüst's race was the fastest time ever skated in Europe. In the tenth pair, defending champion Klassen lost eight tenths of a second to Friesinger in the opening 300 metres, which she never regained, even finishing behind compatriot Nesbitt. European Champion Sáblíková finished 11th, trailing by more than four points in the overall standings, which was two points more than she had managed at the European Championships. Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints Ireen Wüst NED 1:54.05 1. Ireen Wüst NED 76.456 Anni Friesinger GER 1:55.90 2. Anni Friesinger GER 77.013 Christine Nesbitt CAN 1:56.08 3. Cindy Klassen CAN 77.450 4. Cindy Klassen CAN 1:56.37 4. Christine Nesbitt CAN 77.873 5. Paulien van Deutekom NED 1:56.97 5. Wang Fei CHN 78.456 6. Kristina Groves CAN 1:57.33 6. Yekaterina Lobysheva RUS 78.750 7. Marja Vis NED 1:58.02 7. Kristina Groves CAN 78.910 8. Claudia Pechstein GER 1:58.04 8. Paulien van Deutekom NED 78.930 9. Daniela Anschütz-Thoms GER 1:58.17 9. Daniela Anschütz-Thoms GER 79.090 10. Wang Fei CHN 1:58.22 10. Claudia Pechstein GER 79.166 14. Maki Tabata JPN 2:00.02 12. Maki Tabata JPN 80.286 3000 m In the allround standings, Wüst faced Friesinger in the final pair, with a significant advantage of more than half a point before the distance. Wüst started quicker, and skated away from Friesinger on every lap, eventually finishing 3.8 seconds ahead to have more than a point in the overall classification. Only two of Wüst's laps were above 32 seconds. Klassen came in third on this distance, too, and trailed Friesinger by half a point in the fight for silver, however, the distance to any other medal contender was more than a point. Sáblíková, who won the distance at the European Championships, now skated slightly slower than in Collalbo, and her time from the sixth pair was beaten in the ninth pair by Paulien van Deutekom, who had finished tenth at the European Championships. Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints Ireen Wüst NED 4:00.28 1. Ireen Wüst NED 116.502 Anni Friesinger GER 4:04.00 2. Anni Friesinger GER 117.679 Cindy Klassen CAN 4:05.28 3. Cindy Klassen CAN 118.330 4. Paulien van Deutekom NED 4:05.35 4. Paulien van Deutekom NED 119.821 5. Martina Sáblíková CZE 4:05.87 5. Christine Nesbitt CAN 120.061 6. Claudia Pechstein GER 4:06.83 6. Kristina Groves CAN 120.080 7. Kristina Groves CAN 4:07.02 7. Daniela Anschütz-Thoms GER 120.281 8. Daniela Anschütz-Thoms GER 4:07.15 8. Claudia Pechstein GER 120.304 9. Marja Vis NED 4:09.12 9. Wang Fei CHN 120.491 10. Maren Haugli NOR 4:09.80 10. Marja Vis NED 120.850 11. Clara Hughes CAN 4:10.24 12. Martina Sáblíková CZE 121.474 12. Wang Fei CHN 4:12.21 13. Maren Haugli NOR 122.439 21. Maki Tabata JPN 4:18.87 14. Maki Tabata JPN 123.421 5000 m Wüst became the youngest world allround women's champion since Karin Busch won in Inzell in 1982, after another win over Friesinger, her third in two days. The second pair saw both the winner and the runner-up on the distance, with Sábliková skating the fastest time ever in Europe, defeating the three-time Olympic gold medallist on the distance, Pechstein, by more than ten seconds. Pechstein still finished second, while Wüst took third place after a much more consistent race than in Collalbo. Friesinger finished poorly, ending in ninth place, but still beating Klassen by 2.4 seconds in the fight for the silver medal. Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints Martina Sáblíková CZE 6:49.31 1. Ireen Wüst NED 158.652 Claudia Pechstein GER 6:59.98 2. Anni Friesinger GER 160.515 Ireen Wüst NED 7:01.60 3. Cindy Klassen CAN 160.754 4. Maren Haugli NOR 7:03.19 4. Claudia Pechstein GER 162.302 5. Kristina Groves CAN 7:03.71 5. Martina Sáblíková CZE 162.405 6. Cindy Klassen CAN 7:04.11 6. Paulien van Deutekom NED 162.442 7. Paulien van Deutekom NED 7:06.21 7. Kristina Groves CAN 162.451 8. Daniela Anschütz-Thoms GER 7:06.91 8. Daniela Anschütz-Thoms GER 162.972 9. Anni Friesinger GER 7:08.36 9. Christine Nesbitt CAN 163.711 10. Marja Vis NED 7:09.74 10. Marja Vis NED 163.824 11. Christine Nesbitt CAN 7:16.50 11. Wang Fei CHN 164.411 12. Wang Fei CHN 7:19.20 12. Maren Haugli NOR 164.748 Allround results Place Athlete Country 500 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m Points Ireen Wüst NED 38.44 ( 2) 1:54.05 ( 1) 4:00.28 ( 1) 7:01.60 ( 3) 158.662 Anni Friesinger GER 38.38 ( 1) 1:55.90 ( 2) 4:04.00 ( 2) 7:08.36 ( 9) 160.515 Cindy Klassen CAN 38.68 ( 3) 1:56.37 ( 4) 4:05.24 ( 3) 7:04.11 ( 6) 160.754 4 Claudia Pechstein GER 39.82 (10) 1:58.04 ( 8) 4:06.83 ( 6) 6:59.98 ( 2) 162.302 5 Martina Sáblíková CZE 40.96 (18) 1:58.61 (11) 4:05.87 ( 5) 6:49.31 ( 1) 162.405 6 Paulien van Deutekom NED 39.94 (11) 1:56.97 ( 5) 4:05.35 ( 4) 7:06.21 ( 7) 162.442 7 Kristina Groves CAN 39.80 ( 9) 1:57.33 ( 6) 4:07.02 ( 7) 7:03.71 ( 5) 162.451 8 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms GER 39.70 ( 8) 1:58.17 ( 9) 4:07.15 ( 8) 7:06.91 ( 8) 162.972 9 Christine Nesbitt CAN 39.18 ( 6) 1:56.08 ( 3) 4:13.13 (14) 7:16.50 (11) 163.711 10 Marja Vis NED 39.99 (12) 1:58.02 ( 7) 4:09.12 ( 9) 7:09.74 (10) 163.824 11 Wang Fei CHN 39.05 ( 5) 1:58.22 (10) 4:12.21 (12) 7:19.20 (12) 164.411 12 Maren Haugli NOR 40.82 (17) 1:59.93 (13) 4:09.80 (10) 7:03.19 ( 4) 164.748 NQ13 Yekaterina Lobysheva RUS 38.88 ( 4) 1:59.61 (12) 4:14.55 (15) 121.175 NQ14 Maki Tabata JPN 40.28 (14) 2:00.02 (14) 4:18.81 (21) 123.421 NQ15 Lucille Opitz GER 41.22 (23) 2:00.66 (15) 4:12.40 (13) 123.506 N16 Maria Lamb USA 40.35 (15) 2:01.33 (17) 4:17.37 (19) 123.688 NQ17 Clara Hughes CAN 41.86 (23) 2:01.11 (16) 4:10.24 (11) 123.936 NQ18 Yekaterina Abramova RUS 39.68 ( 7) 2:02.74 (21) 4:20.74 (22) 124.049 NQ19 Masako Hozumi JPN 41.03 (19) 2:01.53 (18) 4:16.41 (17) 124.275 NQ20 Catherine Raney USA 41.18 (21) 2:02.14 (20) 4:14.86 (16) 124.369 NQ21 Galina Likhachova RUS 40.79 (16) 2:01.95 (19) 4:23.50 (23) 125.356 NQ22 Eriko Ishino JPN 41.14 (20) 2:03.69 (23) 4:17.96 (20) 125.363 NQ23 Andrea Jirků CZE 42.40 (24) 2:03.03 (22) 4:16.87 (18) 126.221 NQ24 Renate Groenewold NED 40.24 (13) withdrew after fall NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified Notes Katarzyna Wójcicka of Poland was qualified, but did not start, allowing Galina Likhachova of Russia to participate. Anni Friesinger, who skipped the 2007 European Championships to prepare for the World Sprint Championships a week later, replaced Katrin Mattscherodt in the German team. The Czech Republic had two women qualified for the first time. Nine of the top ten skaters from the 2006 Championships were present; the number eight in 2006, Tessa van Dijk, failed to qualify for the Dutch team. Quotas for 2008: Europe 14, North America 6, Asia 4 Rules All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows: Skaters among the top 12 on both lists are qualified. To make up a total of 12, skaters are then added in order of their best rank on either list. Samalog standings take precedence over longest-distance standings in the event of a tie. 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