Ivanie Blondin wins mass start silver at speed skating worlds
Canada's Ivanie Blondin raced to a silver medal in the women's mass start on Saturday at the ISU World Speed Skating Championship in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
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18-year-old Jordan Stolz youngest ever speed skating world champion after winning in 500m single distance
Jordan Stolz became the youngest ever speed skating world champion after winning the 500m by a record margin in Heerenveen. The 18-year-old American came home in 34.10 seconds, over three tenths faster than defending champion Laurent Dubeuil of Canada.
Stolz youngest ever speed skating world champion as Dutch women disqualified
Jordan Stolz became the youngest ever speed skating world champion after winning the 500m by a record margin in Heerenveen. The 18-year-old American came home in 34.10 seconds, over three tenths faster than defending champion Laurent Dubeuil of Canada. The Netherlands' Femke Kok was the previous youngest gold medal winner, taking the team sprint title at 19-years-old, while 16-time distance title holder and Czech skater Martina Sablikova was also 19 when she claimed her first gold.
Canadian speed skaters win women's team pursuit world title after Dutch team disqualified
Canada's women's pursuit team of Isabelle Weidemann, Valerie Maltais, and Ivanie Blondin secured a gold medal at the ISU World Speed Skating Championship in Heerenveen, Netherlands on Friday.
Canada take pair of team sprint golds at World Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen
Canada swept to a pair of team sprint golds at the World Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen. The women's trio Ivanie Blondin, Carolina Hiller and Brooklyn McDougall clinched victory in 1:26.29 ahead of USA, with China earning bronze ahead of Kazakhstan.
Canada take pair of team sprint golds
Canada swept to a pair of team sprint golds at the World Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen. The women's trio Ivanie Blondin, Carolina Hiller and Brooklyn McDougall clinched victory in 1:26.29 ahead of USA, with China earning bronze ahead of Kazakhstan.
World Speed Skating Championships: Patrick Roest brings house down in Heerenveen with 5000m world title
Patrick Roest brought down the house with a tireless 5000m world title win in Heerenveen — his first individual single distance gold.Set a tough task by Italian Davide Ghiotto, who set off at a lightning pace and came home in 6:11.12, Roest steadily clawed back time with a supremely consistent run.In the end the Dutchman sealed the Netherlands' 100th world championship gold by 2.18 seconds.The other half of Roest's race pair, Belgian Bart Swings, couldn't match the Olympic silver medallist's speed, but snatched bronze with a time of 6:13.06.Norway's Ragne Wiklund upset home favourite Irene Schouten earlier that evening to take gold in the women's 3000m.Dutch speed skating star Schouten, the 3000m and 5000m Olympic champion and record holder, posted a competitive time of 3:57.40 before Wiklund's run. Ad Bankes and Nightingale win historic Snowboard Cross gold for Great Britain ‘Absolutely incredible’ – Kruger wings gold again in 15km freestyle Speed SkatingNetherlands dominate final day of ISU Speed Skating World Cup19/02/2023 AT 16:35 The 22-year-old Norwegian then produced a technically flawless and controlled skate to pip her rival by 0.54 seconds.Veteran Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic, who scooped double gold at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, claimed bronze with 3:58.35.The World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships runs until Sunday March 5, with the women's and men's team pursuit getting Friday's action underway at 18:05 GMT.
Roest brings house down in Heerenveen with 5000m world title
Patrick Roest brought down the house with a tireless 5000m world title win in Heerenveen — his first individual single distance gold.Set a tough task by Italian Davide Ghiotto, who set off at a lightning pace and came home in 6:11.12, Roest steadily clawed back time with a supremely consistent run.In the end the Dutchman sealed the Netherlands' 100th world championship gold by 2.18 seconds.The other half of Roest's race pair, Belgian Bart Swings, couldn't match the Olympic silver medallist's speed, but snatched bronze with a time of 6:13.06.Norway's Ragne Wiklund upset home favourite Irene Schouten earlier that evening to take gold in the women's 3000m.Dutch speed skating star Schouten, the 3000m and 5000m Olympic champion and record holder, posted a competitive time of 3:57.40 before Wiklund's run.The 22-year-old Norwegian then produced a technically flawless and controlled skate to pip her rival by 0.54 seconds.Veteran Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic, who scooped double gold at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, claimed bronze with 3:58.35.The World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships runs until Sunday 5 March, with the women's and men's team pursuit getting tomorrow's action underway at 7:05pm.