For Conijn it was her first national distance title. She already became Dutch all -round champion.
The old record of Conijn on the 5,000 meters was 6.47.24.
Yesterday, Conijn already qualified for the World Cup as number two for the World Cup. Even then she stayed ahead of Beune and she only had to tolerate Marijke Groenewoud for herself.
The Noord-Holland Bente Kerkhoff (6.56.24) and Evelien Vijn (6.59.32) finished in fifth and sixth place respectively.