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Dutch skaters will be hopeful of enjoying success on home ice when champions are crowned across team and individual events at the International Skating Union World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands.
Triple Beijing 2022 Olympic gold medallist Irene Schouten earned the women’s 3,000 metres title at the Speed Skating World Cup Final concluded in Heerenveen.
Nils van der Poel completed his stunning individual season by winning the men’s 5,000 metres at the International Skating Union Speed Skating World Cup Final in Heerenveen, the Swedish skater’s last race before his mooted retirement.
Our World in pictures: Week 7 of 2021 [caption id="attachment_842676" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] © Provided by Daily Maverick A Sinopharm vaccine shipment arrives at the Harare International Airport on February 15, 2021 in Harare, Zimbabwe. The shipment comprised 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated by China, one of the first deliveries of covid-19 vaccine to Africa. (Photo by Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_842677" align="aligncenter" width="2560"] © Provided by Daily Maverick South Africans watch as President Ramaphosa receives the fir...