Only 0.53 seconds were missing: The speed of ice cream Sophie Scholz, Josephine Schlörb and Josie Hofmann almost ended on Friday (14.03.2025) in team tracking on Friday (14.03.2025).
After their fourth place, the German team has remained without a medal since 2017. At that time, Claudia Pechstein, who recently declared her career end, won silver over 5000 meters and Nico Ihle over 500 meters in Gangneung (South Korea).
At the following five world championships, no single athlete and no team from Germany made it to the top 3 – Scholz, Schlörb and Hofmann almost made it again in Hamar in Norwegian. Canada landed a little more than half a second in front of them on the bronze.
Women from the Netherlands dominate
In front of it, the Dutch women underpinned why they are considered the best team in the skating skating. Joy Beune, Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong and Marijke Groenewoud won gold with a 2.46 second lead ahead of Japan.
And the Dutch women could not be beaten in the singles either. Over 500 meters, Femke Kok secured victory in front of her teammate Jutta Leerdam (+0.19 seconds) in 37.50 seconds, bronze went to Min-Sun Kim from South Korea (+0.23). Sophie Warmuth (+0.83) and Anna Ostlender (+1,19) were only 15 and 19.
Dutch de Boo proudly defeats US superstar
For women it was the evening of the Dutchman, for men that the United States should be. In team tracking, the American trio around Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman and Ethan Cepuran won almost two seconds ahead of Italy, bronze went to the Netherlands. And at the end of the competition day, superstar Jordan’s big show was proud of the program – but it was crashed.
Both 2023 in Heerenveen and a year later in Calgary, the 20 -year -old won gold over 500, 1000 and 1500 meters – but he did not make the target defense of his title on the shortest of the three distances. Jenning de Boo from the Netherlands had previously conjured up a new course record on the train in 34.24 seconds – and on which the teeth bit. In 34.38 seconds, the American only remained the silver medal.