Irene Schouten breaks track record to win gold as Jordan Stolz makes history in Speed Skating World Championships

Irene Schouten broke her personal observe file within the 5000m occasion on the Pace Skating World Championships on dwelling soil in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

The Dutch star completed in a time of 6:41.25, over 4 seconds quicker than the observe file she set in 2021.

She wanted to be at her greatest too, towards Norwegian Ragne Wiklund, who additionally rode a personal-best time to complete second and win her second silver medal of the day.

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Martina Sablikova of Czech Republic gained bronze.

Earlier within the remaining day of the World Championships, Wiklund gained silver behind one other Dutch skater, this time falling behind Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong within the 1500m.

The Olympic bronze medallist couldn’t fairly break her observe file, lacking out by 0.59 seconds when ending in a time of 1:53.54.

World file holder Miho Takagi secured bronze behind Wiklund.

Within the males’s occasions, there was frustration for dwelling supporters, as they narrowly missed out on gold in each the 1500m and the 10000m.

American Jordan Stolz secured gold within the 1500m, edging out world-record holder Kjeld Nuis by 0.23 seconds, whereas one other Dutchman Thomas Krol beat compatriot Wesly Dijs to bronze. That win made 18-year-old Stolz the primary man to win three particular person titles on the similar World Championships, having already gained the 500m and 1000m.

Within the 10000m, it was Italian Davide Ghiotto, who set a brand new private greatest time, who defeated Dutchman Jorrit Bergsma by 14.29 seconds.

Canada’s Ted-Jan Bloemen completed third, simply edging previous Patrick Roest of the Netherlands to bronze.

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