Canada's Bloemen races to men's 10,000m bronze medal at speed skating worlds

Canada's Ted-Jan Bloemen raced to a bronze medal in the men's 10,000-metre event on Sunday at the ISU World Speed Skating Championship in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

Bloemen, who once competed as a Dutch athlete, stopped the clock in 13 minutes 01.84 seconds, enough to secure third place.

Italy's Davide Ghiotto set a personal best of 12:41.35 to take gold and the world title in the discipline - the first time an Italian won the distance. Dutch skater Jorrit Bergsma was 14.29 slower than the Italian to earn silver.

The 36-year-old Bloemen won the Olympic title in the same event in 2018 Pyeongchang.

Graeme Fish, of Moose Jaw, Sask., finished with a time of 13:03.51 to take fifth place.

Canada's Ted-Jan Bloemen just absolutely BEAMING after his bronze-medal win in the 10,000m