The Boo had announced a sensation that made many think that Pavel Kulizhnikov’s six-year-old world record would be broken. Last week in Utah, 21-year-old De Boo fell one wink short: 33.63. The Russian drove 33.61 in March 2019. “On this ice,” De Boo said in an initial response to the NOS, “we shouldn’t think about a world record.”
De Boo had imagined something different from the first 500 meters. First of all, there was a false start. “That was not in my favor,” he said. “Normally there would have been a 33, but I didn’t do that now. Then tomorrow. Then I have completely processed those 1000 meters from yesterday.”
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The Boo did beat Jordan Stolz, who was seven-thousandths of a second slower. Sebas Diniz also stood out. De Tukker from Team IKO-X20 recorded the fifth fastest time of the evening: 34.11.