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Chris Huizinga
Chris Huizinga (born 11 August 1997) is a Dutch speed skater. Career In January 2024, Huizinga competed at the 2024 European Speed Skating Championships and won a bronze medal in the team pursuit with a time of 3:41.36. He won the 2024 KNSB Dutch Allround Championshipship. In January 2025, he competed at the 2025 European Speed Skating Championships, and was disqualified after two false starts during the 500 metres. On 1 March 2025, he won gold in the 5000 metres during World Cup #6 of the 2024–25 ISU Speed Skating World Cup. Two weeks later he competed at the 2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships and won a bronze medal in the team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ..., with a time of 3:41.91. References External links * 1997 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groningen
Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of the country; as of January 2025, it had 244,807 inhabitants, making it the sixth largest city/municipality in the Netherlands and the second largest outside the Randstad. The Groningen metropolitan area has a population of over 360,000. Groningen was established more than 980 years ago but never gained City rights in the Low Countries, city rights. Due to its relatively isolated location from the then successive Dutch centres of power (Utrecht, The Hague, Brussels), Groningen was historically reliant on itself and nearby regions. As a Hanseatic League, Hanseatic city, it was part of the North German trade network, but later it mainly became a regional market centre. At the height of its power in the 15th century, Gron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KNSB Dutch Allround Championships
The Dutch Allround Championships of speed skating, organised by the (KNSB), is the official Dutch championship to determine the Dutch Allround champion, in contrast to the KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships The Dutch Single Distance Championships of speed skating, organised by the (KNSB), is the official Dutch championship to determine the Dutch champion over a single distance, in contrast to the KNSB Dutch Allround Championships, which determine t ..., which determines a Dutch champion for each distance. The Allround distance championships date back to 1901 for men and 1955 for women. Men's Allround Source: Women's Allround source: data until 2021 References ;Notes ;Bibliography * Broer, Dirk with Martin van der Bij, Jeroen Heijmans, Michiel Jansen, Marnix Koolhaas, Robert Koorneef, Huub Snoep, Gerrit Stevens and Nol Terwindt. ''Nederlandse Kampioenschappen Hardrijden Langebaan: Complete UItslagen, 1887-2003''. Hoogland: KNSB, 2003. {{Dutch Speed Skating Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Male Speed Skaters
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1997 Births
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Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant
The ''Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant'' is a newspaper for the province of Zeeland, Netherlands published and owned by DPG Media of Belgium. Founded in 1758, it is the third-oldest newspaper of the Netherlands. History 19th century: Middelburgsche Courant The paper is a merger of a number of regional papers, the oldest of which was the ''Middelburgsche Courant'', founded in 1758 in Middelburg. One of its scoops was hiring the first female reporter in the Netherlands, in 1885. 20th century: Forming the Provinciale Zeeuwsche Courant In 1933, the ''Middelburgsche Courant'' merged with a paper from Goes, the ''Goesche Courant''. In 1939, it merged with the ''Vlissingsche Courant'', founded 1869 in Vlissingen, and became the ''Provinciale Zeeuwsche Courant''. In 1946 another Goes newspaper, ''Vrije Stemmen: Dagblad voor Zeeland'', merged into the Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant. Vrije Stemmen started as an underground newspaper during WWII. In 1973 the proper name ''PZC'' was adopted, an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 ISU Speed Skating World Cup
The 2024–25 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was an international level speed skating tournament. The season consisted of 6 events, and began on 22 November 2024 in Nagano, Japan and ended on 2 March 2025 in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The World Cup was organised by the ISU who also ran world cups and championships in short track speed skating and figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympi .... Calendar The calendar for the 2024–25 season. World Cup standings Men's 500 metres Women's 500 metres Men's 1000 metres Women's 1000 metres Men's 1500 metres Women's 1500 metres Men's long distances Women's long distances Men's mass start Women's mass start Men's team pursuit Women's team pursuit Men's team sprint Women's te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 6
The sixth stage of the 2024–25 ISU Speed Skating World Cup is taking place at Thialf in Heerenveen Heerenveen (, ) is a town and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the m ..., the Netherlands, from Friday, 28 February to Sunday, 2 March 2025. Medal summary Men's events In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race based on results of the intermediate sprints and the final sprint. The skater with most race points is the winner. Women's events In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race based on results of the intermediate sprints and the final sprint. The skater with most race points is the winner. Mixed events Results Men's events 1st 500 m The race started on 28 February 2025 at 19:28. 2nd 500 m The race started on 2 March 2025 at 15:18. 1000 m The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 European Speed Skating Championships
The 2025 European Speed Skating Championships were held from 10 to 12 January 2025, at the Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Sander Eitrem won the men´s allround championship and established new Norwegian records for the 5000 and 10000 meters. Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong became women´s allround champion for the fourth time in a row. Jutta Leerdam won her third European sprint title and the men´s European sprint title was for Jenning de Boo. Format Since 2017, in odd years, the Championships contain four separate events with four races each: * Women Sprint: two races each of 500 and 1000 meters * Women Allround: 500, 1500, 3000 and 5000 meters * Men Sprint: two races each of 500 and 1000 meters * Men Allround: 500, 1500, 5000 and 10000 meters Competitors score points in each race. The points are calculated as the average time per 500 meter. The competitor with the least points after four races wins the event. Schedule ''All times are local (UTC+1).'' Medal summary Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TNT Sports (United Kingdom)
TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and BT Group, they first launched as BT Sport on 1 August 2013. The channels are based at Warner Bros. Discovery's complex in Chiswick Business Park, London, having been based at Here East, the former International Broadcast Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London until July 2023. The channels are available on the EE TV, Sky and Virgin Media television platforms in the UK and Sky and Vodafone TV in the Republic of Ireland. The networks were established in 2013 after BT Group's acquisition of rights to the Premier League. BT also acquired the operations of previous rightsholder ESPN prior to launch, integrating them with BT Sport. In 2022, BT Group announced an agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery to form a joint venture that would eventually merge BT Sport with its local Eurosport business. The transaction was appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track". The International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of competitive ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating". Long track speed skating takes place on a 400m ice track, while short track takes place on a 111m track. An international federation was founded in 1892, the first for any winter sport. The sport enjoys large popularity in the Netherlands, Norway and South Korea. There are top international rinks in a number of other countries, including Canada, the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track". The International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of competitive ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating". Long track speed skating takes place on a 400m ice track, while short track takes place on a 111m track. An international federation was founded in 1892, the first for any Winter sports, winter sport. The sport enjoys large popularity in the Netherlands, Norway and South Korea. There are top international rinks in a number of other countries, including Canada, the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
