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Speed skating season ends with seven world titles for the Dutch
Irene Schouten hugs a team mate after her win. Photo: Koen van Weel ANP
Dutch speed skaters took seven of the 14 gold medals at this year’s World Championships in Heerenveen, ending a compressed season which took place at the Thialf stadium over four weeks.
The International Skating Union decided last year to stage all the events in Heerenveen to form a bubble for skaters and officials in the international competitions.
In the final of the four events, Irene Schouten took gold in the 5 km – a first for a Dutch woman – while Antoinette de Jong won gold in the 3km. In the men’s event Kai Verbij took the 1,000 metre title and Thomas Krol the 1,500 metres.
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Four more golds for Dutch speed skaters at second World Cup in Heerenveen Sunday, 31 January 2021
Dutch skaters completed another golden weekend on the home ice of Heerenveen in the second round of the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup.
On the same ice in the Thialf Arena
last week Dutch speed skaters won nine of the 12 gold medals on offer over the final two days of competition - but this time they settled for eight golds.
Femke Kok, winner of two golds in the last World Cup round on this ice, matched that feat as she won her second 500 metres race, clocking 37.333sec to finish ahead of three Russian rivals - Angelina Golikova, just 0.03sec adrift, Daria Kachanova, at 0.30, and Olga Fatkulina, at 0.34.