TOKYO, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — The International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup Speed Skating concluded in Obihiro, Japan, on Sunday, with the Netherlands securing the gold medal within the inaugural blended gender relay occasion.
The Dutch crew took the primary World Cup gold within the occasion, recording a time of two minutes and 55.53 seconds. Poland captured the silver, whereas the United States earned the bronze.
During the lads’s 5,000m occasion, Dutch skater Patrick Roest took the limelight, as he clinched the gold with a observe report time of six minutes and 10.99 seconds.
In the ladies’s 3,000m, Norway’s Ragne Wiklund additionally displayed her distinctive talent, setting a observe report of 4 minutes and 1.88 seconds to take the gold. She was adopted by Japan’s Momoka Horikawa and Dutch Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong.
After inserting second within the first race on Friday, Japanese Wataru Morishige received the lads’s 500m on Sunday afternoon in 34.64 seconds. The host nation took 4 of the highest 5 positions, with American Jordan Stolz inserting third to disclaim Japan an entire sweeping.
The subsequent stage of the ISU World Cup is about to happen in Beijing from November 17 to 19.