Skater Roest must leave the world title all-round to Van der Poel

Speed ​​skater Patrick Roest had to leave the all-round world title to his rival Nils van der Poel. The 26-year-old defending champion from Lekkerkerk could not match the Swede’s top time of 12.41.56 on the final 10 kilometers and lost the lead he had after three distances. After three golds in a row, Roest has to settle for silver.

Van der Poel set a great track record of 12.41.56 in the penultimate stage, with which he drove the old top time of Sven Kramer from 2009 from the books. Roest was allowed to concede 21.72 seconds at that time. The defending champion started well, but gave up almost a second per lap on the Swede’s schedule halfway through the 10 kilometers. In the last laps Roest collapsed, where Van der Poel had started skating faster and faster. He came to the fifth time of 13.26.08.

Roest won the global all-round titles in 2018, 2019 and 2020. For Van der Poel, who reported earlier this week that he will stop skating after this season, it is the first world all-round title. He won gold in the 5000 and 10,000 meters at the Beijing Olympics last month. Then Roest also finished second twice.