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Beau Snellink finished second in the 5000 meters at the last World Cup competition. The 21-year-old skater from Jumbo-Visma came to a time of 6.21.63 and moved up one place due to the disqualification of Italian Davide Ghiotto. He also won the World Cup classification.

Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong finished second in the 1500 meters at the World Cup final. The Dutch champion at this distance came to 1:57.39. Ragne Wiklund from Norway, the best in the 3000 meters the day before, won a direct duel in 1:56.45. Japan’s Miho Takagi couldn’t match both times. She finished third with 1:57.59. Takagi did win the World Cup standings in the 1500 meters. She stayed ahead of Wiklund and Rijpma-De Jong. Marijke Groenewoud, who was the best on the Polish track last week, was missing and therefore dropped from second to seventh place in the standings. Joy Beune was fourth fastest in the final stage in 1:57.82, Reina Anema was ninth in 1:59.36.

According to Rijpma-de Jong, her second place was a result with perspective, two weeks before the World Championship distances in ‘her’ Heerenveen. “This was pure fighting spirit,” said the Jumbo-Visma skater, who had to settle for a disappointing result yesterday. ninth place in the 3000 meters. ,,Where I felt sad on the way yesterday and wondered what the hell I was doing, I just went now. No more thinking, full throttle and try to finish this 1500 meters with strength. I am really happy with my second place. I woke up this morning and thought: I’m going for it. I don’t have many days left until the World Cup and then this gives me a relieved feeling. I now know it’s in there. Technically it was not fantastic, but this was done on willpower.”

Dai Dai N’tab secured the bronze in the 500 meters in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. The sprinter was the best Dutchman with 34.79. The victory in the last World Cup race went to the Japanese Yuma Murakami ahead of the American Jordan Stolz. The overall victory in the World Cup went to Laurent Dubreuil from Canada. He finished sixth in Poland, but skated the most points in six competitions (314).

Merijn Scheperkamp came to 34.85 against Takuya Morimoto, who had started very quickly, and also stayed ahead of the Japanese. His time was eventually good for fifth place. Stolz was then faster than both Dutchmen with 34.73 and defeated Dubreuil in a direct World Cup leader. Murakami was just a bit faster with 34.69. Janno Botman came to a time of 35.13. That was good for twelfth place. Stefan Westenbroek rode 35.44 and finished eighteenth.

Since the NK distances two weeks ago, N’tab felt that he is skating better every day. “I have no aches and pains. I heard everyone complain about the ice here, but I noticed that I can do my trick well here,” he said at NOS . ,,This is the result. I am now one tenth of a second off gold.” For N’tab, too, the focus is now entirely on the World Championship distances in two weeks. “I hope I can keep the form. This was still not a flawless ride. I will do everything I can to do better at the World Cup.”