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Canada's Laurent Dubreuil shattered the 500 metres speed skating
national record in his home International Speed Skating Union World
Cup Speed Skating in Calgary.
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Nils Van der Poel and Antoinette de Jong earned maiden titles at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen.
Sweden s Van der Poel beat Dutch home favourite Patrick Roest in the men s 5,000 metres to clinch his first world title.
Van der Poel crossed the line in a personal best of 6mins 08.395secs, with Roest trailing in 6:10.050.
Sergey Trofimov of Russia completed the podium in 6:13.020.
De Jong then claimed her first world title after winning the women s 3,000m in 3:58.470.
She had previously come close to the top of the podium over the same distance, finishing with bronze in 2016 and 2017, and silver in 2019.