Wow. I just watched two hours of speed skating on the Beeb. Fantastic!
I have to say that despite me being somewhat anal, I thought the commentary was quite good. Hugh Porter blundered his way through, getting all sorts of facts wrong, but Wilf O'reilly was excellent, showing great technical and historical knowledge.
Live coverage of speed skating on the Beeb. Long may it continue
Oh, Sven Kramer storms to the gold in 6:14.6.
Big hats off to Seung-Hoon Lee for becoming the first Korean medalist in the longer distances.