Irene Schouten stars at ISU Speed Skating World Cup Finals, Kjeld Nuis pips Thomas Krol to gold

It was another great day for the Netherlands at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup Finals, with Irene Schouten leading the way in the Women's Mass Start in Heerenveen. She took 180 points after finishing in 8:53.670, just ahead of her compatriot Marijke Groenewoud who recorded a time of 8:53.900. Ad/> There was also another podium one-two for Dutch skaters in the 1500m Men Division A where Kjeld Nuis and Thomas Krol finished first and second, respectively.

Speed SkatingSchouten stars at ISU Speed Skating World Cup FinalsYESTERDAY AT 19:54 Nuis took 120 points with a time of 1:43.486, while Krol took 108 with a time of 1:43.797. Connor Howe of Canada finished third in a time of 1:44.393. But Schouten wasn't done and later got her second first-place finish of the day, giving the Dutch further delight.

She finished first in the 3000m Women Division A in a time of 3:56.829 to take 120 points. World Figure Skating Championships: All you need to know Bogataj leads Slovenian clean sweep at ski jumping World Cup Norway's Ragne Wiklund finished second in a time of 3:57.152 while the Czech Republic's Martina Sablikova finished in 3:57.165 to take third. Jorrit Bergsma finished third as Belgium's Bart Swings finished first in the Men's Mass Start.

Swings finished in a time of 7:43.910, with Andrea Giovannini taking second in 7:44.210 while Bergsma came third after recording a time of 7:44.840. Erin Jackson of the USA finished first in a tightly contested 2nd 500m Women Division A, setting a time of 37.324 in the process. Her compatriot Brittany Bowe finished second, and Japan's Min Sun Kim came third with times of 37.558 and 37.587, respectively.