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Dutch women sweep board in skating allround world title fight

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Jordan Stolz became the youngest allround speedskating world champion since Eric Heiden and the first American to win the title since Shani Davis.

Chris Huizinga has become the national all-around champion in Thialf. The Jumbo-Visma skater successfully defended his leading position in the final distance, the 10,000 meters. Huizinga set a new personal record with a time of 12:56.92 minutes. More exciting was the battle for second place, which was settled by Kars Jansman, who won the 10,000 meters in a personal best time of 12:51.05. He thus climbed to second place at the expense of Beau Snellink. Snellink had a lead of almost seven seconds ...

Dutch top speed skating medal table, women dominate golds

Irene Schouten picks up third world speed skating gold

CALGARY — Taking a step back let Isabelle Weidemann take a step forward. The Ottawa speedskater's decision to stop racing mid-season was validated by the first world championship medal of her career in an individual distance.

Dutch start world speed skating campaign with two golds

Dutch women win all seven European speed skating titles

Three-time Olympic champion Kjeld Nuis sailed to the men 1,500m victory while China pulled off three medals on the opening day of the Speed Skating Wo.....