2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3 explained

The third competition weekend of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Alau Ice Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, from Friday, 29 November, until Sunday, 1 December 2013.^[1] It was previously announced to be in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

There were no new world records this weekend, but Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea set a new low-altitude record on the women's 500 metres on Friday, as she skated the fastest time recorded on any rink outside Calgary and Salt Lake City,^[2] continuing her winning streak from the start of the season through Saturday's race.^[3] Shani Davis of the United States and Sven Kramer of the Netherlands also continued their unbeaten streaks, on the men's 1000 metres and 5000/10000 meters, respectively.^{[3] [4]}

Schedule

The detailed schedule of events:^[5]

Date	Session	Events	Comment
Friday, 29 November	Afternoon	13:30: 500 m women (1)   13:52: 5000 m women   15:48: 1500 m men	Division B
	Evening	18:00: 500 m women (1)   18:38: 5000 m women   19:46: 1500 m men	Division A
Saturday, 30 November	Afternoon	13:30: 500 m women (2)   13:50: 500 m men (1)   14:38: 1500 m women   15:40: 1000 m men	Division B
	Evening	17:30: 500 m women (2)   17:55: 500 m men (1)   18:35: 1500 m women   19:27: 1000 m men	Division A
Sunday, 1 December	Morning	09:30: 500 m men (2)   09:54: 1000 m women   10:49: 10000 m men	Division B
	Afternoon	15:00: 500 m men (2)   15:25: 1000 m women   16:10: 10000 m men	Division A

All times are BTT (UTC+6).

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Artyom Kuznetsov	34.85	Dmitry Lobkov	34.86	Ronald Mulder	34.87	[6]
2	Keiichiro Nagashima	34.69	Mo Tae-bum	34.87	Artyom Kuznetsov	34.92	[7]
1000 m		Shani Davis	1:08.66	Mirko Giacomo Nenzi	1:08.90	Michel Mulder	1:09.02	[8]
1500 m		Denis Yuskov	1:45.06	Koen Verweij	1:45.23	Zbigniew Bródka	1:45.78	[9]
10000 m		Sven Kramer	13:02.38	Alexis Contin	13:14.64	Patrick Beckert	13:18.73	[10]

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Lee Sang-hwa	37.27	Jenny Wolf	37.70	Nao Kodaira	37.72	[11]
2	Lee Sang-hwa	37.32	Jenny Wolf	37.66	Olga Fatkulina	37.81	[12]
1000 m		Heather Richardson	1:14.22	Brittany Bowe	1:14.78	Olga Fatkulina	1:15.18	[13]
1500 m		Brittany Bowe	1.57.28	Yuliya Skokova	1.57.70	Brittany Schussler	1.57.78	[14]
5000 m		Martina Sáblíková	6:59.88	Claudia Pechstein	7:01.10	Yvonne Nauta	7:04.64	[15]

Standings

The top ten standings in the contested cups after the weekend.

Men's cups

500 m^[16]

	Name	Nat.	CAL1	CAL2	SLC1	SLC2	AST1	AST2	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	24	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	32	376
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	5	bgcolor=cc9966	70	32	bgcolor=silver	80	347
3	align=left			60	32	bgcolor=cc9966	70	60	21	45	288
4	align=left			19	4	16	bgcolor=gold	100	45	bgcolor=gold	100	284
5	align=left			50	14	36	14	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	284
6	align=left			10	40	bgcolor=gold	100	21	50	60	281
7	align=left			25	bgcolor=gold	100	50	8	45	50	278
8	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	40	50			230
9	align=left			36	50	60	40	28	14	228
10	align=left			40	40	45	12	60	28	225

1000 m^[17]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	300
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80		160
3	align=left			32	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	152
4	align=left			24	60	60	144
5	align=left			60	36	45	141
6	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70		140
7	align=left			50	32	36	118
8	align=left			19	14	bgcolor=silver	80	113
9	align=left			40	40		80
10	align=left			1	25	50	76

1500 m^[18]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	250
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	50	230
3	align=left			14	60	bgcolor=gold	100	174
4	align=left			36	45	bgcolor=cc9966	70	151
5	align=left			45	28	60	133
6	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	40		110
7	align=left			25	bgcolor=silver	80		105
8	align=left			50	16	36	102
9	align=left			40	32	28	100
10	align=left			24	50	24	98

5000/10000 m^[19]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	300
2	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	40	50	160
3	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70		150
4	align=left			60	bgcolor=silver	80		140
5	align=left			27	30	bgcolor=silver	80	137
6	align=left			32	50	45	127
7	align=left			30	21	bgcolor=cc9966	70	121
8	align=left			25	25	60	110
9	align=left			35	45	25	105
10	align=left			40	16	35	91

Grand World Cup^[20]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	Total
1	align=left			18	20	15	53
2	align=left			20	7	8	35
3	align=left			10	10	10	30
4	align=left			15	8		23
5	align=left			7	15		22
6	align=left			6.5	8	7	21.5
7	align=left				11	6	17
8	align=left			8.5	4	3.5	16
	align=left				6	10	16
10	align=left			8	3.5	4	15.5

Women's cups

500 m^[21]

	Name	Nat.	CAL1	CAL2	SLC1	SLC2	AST1	AST2	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	600
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	60	28	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	408
3	align=left			50	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	60	50	360
4	align=left			45	45	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	330
5	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	60			280
6	align=left			60	36	40	21	bgcolor=cc9966	70		227
7	align=left			40	60	45	45			190
8	align=left			32	28	36	32	28	24	180
9	align=left			10	18	14	16	45	60	163
10	align=left			28	24	12	12	32	45	153

1000 m^[22]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	280
2	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	250
3	align=left			50	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	180
4	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	32		112
5	align=left			40	bgcolor=cc9966	70		110
6	align=left			60		50	110
7	align=left			45	50		95
8	align=left			24	40	28	92
9	align=left			15	8	60	83
10	align=left			16	18	40	74

1500 m^[23]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	Total
1	align=left			19	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	199
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100		180
3	align=left			32	50	bgcolor=silver	80	162
4	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	60		160
5	align=left			45	36	32	113
6	align=left			36	24	45	105
7	align=left			8	19	bgcolor=cc9966	70	97
8	align=left			25	bgcolor=cc9966	70		95
9	align=left			21	32	40	93
10	align=left			50	40		90

3000/5000 m^[24]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	280
2	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	260
3	align=left			45	21	bgcolor=cc9966	70	136
4	align=left			60	bgcolor=cc9966	70		130
5	align=left			40	45	30	115
6	align=left			27	25	60	112
7	align=left			50	60		110
8	align=left			35	40	35	110
9	align=left			23	35	45	103
10	align=left			25	16	50	91

Grand World Cup^[25]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	Total
1	align=left			15	22.5	15.5	53
2	align=left			7	18	18	43
3	align=left			16	10	15	41
4	align=left			15	10	10	35
5	align=left			15	17		32
6	align=left			5	12	13	30
7	align=left			10	8	8	26
8	align=left			18	6		24
9	align=left				5	14	19
	align=left			8	3	8	19

Notes and References

1. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Announcement . International Skating Union . PDF . 23 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020943/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=4834 . 3 December 2013 . dead .
2. Web site: Sang Hwa-Lee (KOR) sets low-altitude record in 500m . International Skating Union . 29 November 2013 . 3 January 2014 .
3. Web site: Artyom Kuznetsov (RUS): new face on the podium . International Skating Union . 30 November 2013 . 3 January 2014 .
4. Web site: Nagashima (JPN), Richardson (USA) and Kramer (NED) fast in Astana . International Skating Union . 1 December 2013 . 3 January 2014 .
5. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Astana . International Skating Union . 15 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131204160018/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/astana/ . 4 December 2013 . dead .
6. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Astana – November 30, December 1-2, 2013 – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 30 2013 6:24PM . International Skating Union . 30 November 2013 . 30 November 2013 .
7. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Astana – November 30, December 1-2, 2013 – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 1 2013 3:25PM . International Skating Union . 1 December 2013 . 1 December 2013 .
8. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Astana – November 30, December 1-2, 2013 – Result 1000m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 30 2013 7:51PM . International Skating Union . 30 November 2013 . 30 November 2013 .
9. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Astana – November 30, December 1-2, 2013 – Result 1500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 29 2013 8:29PM . International Skating Union . 29 November 2013 . 29 November 2013 .
10. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Astana – November 30, December 1-2, 2013 – Result 10000m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 1 2013 6:04PM . International Skating Union . 1 December 2013 . 1 December 2013 .
11. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Astana – November 30, December 1-2, 2013 – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 29 2013 6:42PM . International Skating Union . 29 November 2013 . 29 November 2013 .
12. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Astana – November 30, December 1-2, 2013 – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 30 2013 5:49PM . International Skating Union . 30 November 2013 . 30 November 2013 .
13. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Astana – November 30, December 1-2, 2013 – Result 1000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 1 2013 3:49PM . International Skating Union . 1 December 2013 . 1 December 2013 .
14. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Astana – November 30, December 1-2, 2013 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 30 2013 7:16PM . International Skating Union . 30 November 2013 . 30 November 2013 .
15. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Astana – November 30, December 1-2, 2013 – Result 5000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 29 2013 7:38PM . International Skating Union . 29 November 2013 . 29 November 2013 .
16. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Men 500m – Rankings 500m Men – Rankings as of Dec 1 2013 4:00PM . International Skating Union . 1 December 2013 . 1 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140306231600/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_500.htm . 6 March 2014 . dead .
17. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Men 1000m – Rankings 1000m Men – Rankings as of Nov 30 2013 7:51PM . International Skating Union . 30 November 2013 . 30 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221073239/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_1000.htm . 21 February 2014 . dead .
18. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Men 1500m – Rankings 1500m Men – Rankings as of Nov 29 2013 8:34PM . International Skating Union . 29 November 2013 . 29 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223112721/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_1500.htm . 23 February 2014 . dead .
19. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Men 5000m – Rankings 5000m Men – Rankings as of Dec 1 2013 6:04PM . International Skating Union . 1 December 2013 . 1 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407133415/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_5000.htm . 7 April 2014 . dead .
20. Web site: Grand World Cup 2013-2014 – Overall Standings Men . International Skating Union . PDF . 1 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407222024/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/men.pdf . 7 April 2014 . dead .
21. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Women 500m – Rankings 500m Women – Rankings as of Dec 1 2013 6:04PM . International Skating Union . 1 December 2013 . 1 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222204857/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_500.htm . 22 February 2014 . dead .
22. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Women 1000m – Rankings 1000m Women – Rankings as of Dec 1 2013 6:04PM . International Skating Union . 1 December 2013 . 1 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222235958/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_1000.htm . 2014-02-22 . dead .
23. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Women 1500m – Rankings 1500m Women – Rankings as of Nov 30 2013 7:03PM . International Skating Union . 30 November 2013 . 30 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140219074551/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_1500.htm . 19 February 2014 . dead .
24. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Women 3000m – Rankings 3000m Women – Rankings as of Nov 29 2013 11:06PM . International Skating Union . 29 November 2013 . 29 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221114731/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_3000.htm . 21 February 2014 . dead .
25. Web site: Grand World Cup 2013-2014 – Overall Standings Ladies . International Skating Union . PDF . 1 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407131944/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/ladies.pdf . 7 April 2014 . dead .