2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit

ISU Speed Skating World Cup
2009–10
Men

500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 5k/10k | Team pursuit

Women

500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 3k/5k | Team pursuit

World Cup weekends

Berlin | Heerenveen (1) | Hamar | Calgary
Salt Lake City | Erfurt | Heerenveen (2)

The women's team pursuit in the 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over four races on four occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion involving the event taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 13–15 November 2009, and the last occasion taking place, also in Heerenveen, on 12–14 March 2010.[1]

Canada won the cup, while Russia came second, and Germany came third. The defending champions, the Czech Republic, ended up in 11th place.

On the fourth competition weekend, Canada's team, comprised by Kristina Groves, Christine Nesbitt and Brittany Schussler, set a new world record of 2:55.79.

Top three

Medal Country Points Previous season
Gold  Canada 430 8th
Silver  Russia 320 7th
Bronze  Germany 210 4th

Race medallists

Occasion # Date Location Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report
2 Heerenveen, Netherlands 15 November  Canada
Kristina Groves
Christine Nesbitt
Brittany Schussler
3:00.39  Netherlands
Diane Valkenburg
Elma de Vries
Ireen Wüst
3:02.12  Russia
Yekaterina Abramova
Galina Likhachova
Yekaterina Shikhova
3:02.40 [2]
4 Calgary, Canada 6 December  Canada
Kristina Groves
Christine Nesbitt
Brittany Schussler
2:55.79
WR
 Japan
Masako Hozumi
Maki Tabata
Shiho Ishizawa
2:59.79  Germany
Isabell Ost
Stephanie Beckert
Katrin Mattscherodt
3:00.25 [3]
5 Salt Lake City, United States 13 December  Russia
Yekaterina Abramova
Galina Likhachova
Yekaterina Shikhova
2:57.18  Canada
Kristina Groves
Christine Nesbitt
Cindy Klassen
2:57.35  Germany
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
Stephanie Beckert
Katrin Mattscherodt
2:57.36 [4]
7 Heerenveen, Netherlands 14 March  Canada
Kristina Groves
Cindy Klassen
Brittany Schussler
3:02.05  Germany
Stephanie Beckert
Anni Friesinger-Postma
Katrin Mattscherodt
3:03.43  Japan
Masako Hozumi
Nao Kodaira
Maki Tabata
3:04.58 [5]

Final standings

Standings as of 14 March 2010 (end of the season).[6][7]

# Name HVN1 CAL SLC HVN2 Total
1  Canada 100 100 80 150 430
2  Russia 70 60 100 90 320
3  Germany 50 70 70 120 310
3  Japan 60 80 50 105 295
5  Netherlands 80 45 60 185
6  South Korea 40 50 45 135
7  United States 45 32 40 117
8  China 36 40 32 108
9  Poland 32 36 36 104
10  Kazakhstan 28 28 56
11  Czech Republic 28 28
12  Norway 24 0 24

References

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