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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.
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.
Sunday, 31 January 2021
The choice of Beijing as host city for the 2022 Olympics, made on July 31 2015 at the 128th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Kuala Lumpur, meant the Chinese capital would become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games, having staged the Summer event in 2008.
The award also put in place the last of three consecutive Olympics taking place in East Asia following the allotting of the 2018 Winter Games to Pyeongchang in South Korea and the 2020 Summer Games to Tokyo.
Whether Beijing - which will on Thursday (February 4) mark one year to go until its Games - will indeed be the third East Asian host of an Olympics in this period remains moot.
Saturday, 30 January 2021
This year s World Synchronized Skating Championships, due to have taken place from April 9 to 10 in Zagreb, have been cancelled because of what the International Skating Union (ISU) describes as the ongoing pandemic and detrimental consequences.
The Arena Zagreb is currently being used to treat patients suffering with COVID-19 as cases continue to rise in Croatia.
Following an online ISU Council meeting, the world governing body has also announced new dates for cancelled Beijing 2022 test events to be held in Olympic venues in the Chinese capital.
The International Speed Skating competition is scheduled for October 8 to 10, the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy for October 13 to 17 and an ISU World Cup Short Track for October 21 to 24.
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