BACKGROUND Speed skating at the 2018 Olympics
Berlin (dpa) - Speed skating events at the Pyeongchang Olympics, with day and time (in GMT), 2014 champions and athletes to watch.Saturday, February 10, 1100: women‘s 3000m (Ireen Wuest, Netherlands) Sunday, February 11, 0700: men‘s 5000m (Sven Kramer, Netherlands) Monday, February 12, 1230: women‘s 1500m (Jorien ter mors, Netherlands) Tuesday, February 13, 1100: men‘s 1500m (Zbigniew Brodka, Poland) Wednesday, February 14, 1000: women‘s 1000m (Zhang Hong, China) Thursday, February 15, 1300 GMT: men‘s 10,000m (Jorrit Bergsma, Netherlands) Friday, February 16, 1100: women‘s 5000m (Martina Sablikova, Czech Republic) Sunday, February 18, 1100: women‘s 500m (Lee Sang Hwa, South Korea) Monday, February 19, 1100: men‘s 500m (Michel Mulder, Netherlands) Wednesday, February 21, 1100: men‘s team pursuit (Netherlands) Wednesday, February 21, 1100: women‘s team pursuit (Netherlands) Friday, February 23, 1000: men‘s 1000m (Stefan Groothuis, Netherlands) Saturday, February 24, 1000: women‘s mass start (new event) Saturday, February 24, 1000: men‘s mass start (new event) -----Athletes to watch: Sven Kramer (Netherlands), Havard Holmefjord Lorentzen (Norway, Koen Verwij (Netherlands); Nao Khodaira (Japan), Martina Sablikova (Czech Republic), Claudia Pechstein (Germany)