Beijing, Feb 11: Sweden’s Nils van der Poel on Friday broke his own 10,000m speed skating world record to clinch gold medal at the Winter Olympic in Beijing.
Van der Poel set a time of 12:30.74 to break his own record from February 2021. Netherlands’ Patrick Roest (12:32.95) bagged silver and Italy’s Davide Ghiotto (12:45.98) claimed bronze.
“I am very satisfied. This was the main goal when I started three years ago. It turned out a lot better than I could have ever imagined. I didn’t want to risk going too hard too early. With five laps to go I felt like the world record was in reach so I just went for that,” said Van der Poel.
