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Three-time Olympic speed skating champion Sven Kramer has been given the nod by Dutch selectors to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after a third-place finish at the national trials put his place in jeopardy.

Kramer is the most decorated male Olympic speed skater of all time, with nine medals - Click the link for more details.

Home favourite Erin Jackson set a national record to win the women’s 500 metres at the International Skating Union's World Cup Speed Skating leg in Salt Lake City, as Nils van der Poel lowered the men's 5000m world record.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (AP) — Nils van der Poel of Sweden set a world record in the 10,000 meters on Sunday to win his second title at the world single distances speedskating championships at the...

Nils Van der Poel sets speedskating 10,000 meters world record with winning time of 12:32.95 HEERENVEEN, Netherlands -- Nils van der Poel of Sweden set a world record in the 10,000 meters on Sunday to win his second title at the world single distances speedskating championships at the Thialf Oval. Van der Poels winning time of 12:32.95 shaved nearly a second off the record set a year ago by Graeme Fish of Canada at the Utah Olympic Oval. "Eat fish for dinner!" a beaming Van der Poel yelled into...

2021/02/15 05:47 Swedens Nils van der Poel celebrates setting a new world record on the mens 10,000 meters race of the World Championships Speedskating Single Distan... Swedens Nils van der Poel celebrates setting a new world record on the mens 10,000 meters race of the World Championships Speedskating Single Distance at the Thialf ice arena in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Swedens Nils van der Poel c...

Nils van der Poel of Sweden set a world record in the 10,000 meters on Sunday to win his second title at the world single distances speedskating championships at the

Thursday, 11 February 2021 Nils Van der Poel and Antoinette de Jong earned maiden titles at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen. Swedens Van der Poel beat Dutch home favourite Patrick Roest in the mens 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 wo...

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 ...

Dutch regain gold standard at ISU Speed Skating World Cup Saturday, 30 January 2021 Home skaters returned to their customary gold standard today in the second round of the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup in Heerenveen. 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 the division A events began with a restatement of intent from a United States skater as Brittany Bowe...