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Kersten wins Great Britain's first speed skating distance World Championships medal

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Cornelius Kersten won Great Britain's first-ever medal in the speed skating distance World Championships with bronze in the men's 1000m.

Kersten went from 12th after the first lap to third on the final lap, while USA's Jordan Stolz finished first with a time of 1:07.11.

Ad The youngest-ever single-distance world champion capped a great week with another gold in Heerenveen, edging out stiff competition from Dutch skater Thomas Krol.

Speed Skating18-year-old Stolz youngest ever speed skating world champion as Dutch women disqualified20 HOURS AGO There was Dutch domination in the women's 1000m though, with the Netherlands claiming a podium one-two.

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