Canada's Laurent Dubreuil sits in top spot of sprint event at speed skating worlds
Canada's Laurent Dubreuil is in pole position for a gold medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships.
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Irene Schouten breaks track record to win gold as Jordan Stolz makes history in Speed Skating World Championships
Irene Schouten broke her own track record in the 5000m event at the Speed Skating World Championships on home soil in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The Dutch star finished in a time of 6:41.25, over four seconds faster than the track record she set in 2021. Ad She needed to be at her best too, against Norwegian Ragne Wiklund, who also rode a personal-best time to finish second and win her second silver medal of the day.
Cornelius Kersten wins Great Britain's first speed skating distance World Championships medal
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.
Kersten wins Great Britain's first speed skating distance World Championships medal
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.
Netherlands take hat-trick of golds on final day of Speed Skating World Cup
Netherlands took a trio of golds on the final day of skating in Tomaszow Mazowiecki as the 2022-23 Speed Skating World Cup came to its conclusion. Jutta Leerdam and Wesley Dijs took gold in the women's and men's 1000m respectively, while Bart Hoolwerf topped the podium in the men's mass start, with Japan's Momoka Horikawa winning the women's mass start in a pulsating finale to four months of action.
Sander Eitrem claims World Cup gold with track record win at World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowieki
Sander Eitrem set a new track record to claim gold in the men's 5000m event at the speed skating World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowieki, Poland. Norwegian Eitrem finished in a time of 6:15.06 to win gold and break the previous record held by Nils van der Poel.
Kimi Goetz completes breakthrough year with first speed skating World Cup win
Kimi Goetz completed a year of speed skating firsts by earning her maiden individual World Cup win on Sunday.