Medals update: Second Olympic gold and new world record for Nils van der Poel in men's speed skating 10,000m

On a historic afternoon of speed skating, Sweden's Nils van der Poel smashed his own 10,000m speed skating world record to win his second gold of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

It was only five days ago that Van der Poel set a new Olympic record in the 5000m to claim gold over that distance. At the time, it seemed as if it would be one of the moments of the Games.

However, in a day that will linger long in the memory, the flying Swede set a time of 12:30.74 to break his own 10,000m world record from February 2021.

The silver medal went to Netherlands' Patrick Roest, who came home in 12:32.95 to add to the 5000m silver he won on 6 February. Bronze went to Italy's Davide Ghiotto in 12:45.98.

Van der Poel's first gold medal of the Games was also the first won by a Swedish athlete since Tomas Gustafson did the 5000/10000m double at Calgary 1988. Now he has also collected two gold medals and written his own name in the history books.

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