Jenning de Boo smashes the Dutch record at 500 meters and wins the World Cup in Salt Lake City

Sensational Femke Kok skates a twelve-year-old world record at 500 meters: ‘My dream has come true’

Wow! Femke Kok turns the skating world upside down! At the World Cup races in Salt Lake City, the three-time world champion improved the world record in the 500 meters. Exactly twelve years after Zou Sang-Hwa Lee’s ‘magic round’, it is Kok who shows that it can be done even faster. She improved the fastest time ever from 36.36 to 36.09 and beat Olympic champion Erin Jackson in a direct duel.