The ladies’ and men’s Dutch team sprint squads were crowned world champion on the distance to kick off the competition. They both finished a bit less than a second ahead of the second place finishers. Canada and Russia finished second and third in the ladie’s competition while it was Korea and Russia who completed the men’s podium. Team Norway, one of the favorite team to step on the podium, was disqualified in the men’s race after a crash.

The ladies’ and men’s Dutch team sprint squads were crowned world champion on the distance to kick off the competition. They both finished a bit less than a second ahead of the second place finishers. Canada and Russia finished second and third in the ladie’s competition while it was Korea and Russia who completed the men’s podium. Team Norway, one of the favorite team to step on the podium, was disqualified in the men’s race after a crash.

The ladies’ and men’s Dutch team sprint squads were crowned world champion on the distance to kick off the competition. They both finished a bit less than a second ahead of the second place finishers. Canada and Russia finished second and third in the ladie’s competition while it was Korea and Russia who completed the men’s podium. Team Norway, one of the favorite team to step on the podium, was disqualified in the men’s race after a crash.

In the ladies’ 3000m, 23-year-old Dutch skater Antoinette de Jong set the time to beat at 3:59.411 in the 7th pair and for a moment it looked like nobody was going to beat her. She had to wait for the 10th and last pair of the distance to see 31-year-old Martina Sablikova skate her 3000m in 3:58.911. It was Sablikova’s 18th world champion title. A feel good moment for Sablikova who considered retirement last season because of back problems. De jong got silver and Russia’s Natalia Voronina took bronze.

In the ladies’ 3000m, 23-year-old Dutch skater Antoinette de Jong set the time to beat at 3:59.411 in the 7th pair and for a moment it looked like nobody was going to beat her. She had to wait for the 10th and last pair of the distance to see 31-year-old Martina Sablikova skate her 3000m in 3:58.911. It was Sablikova’s 18th world champion title. A feel good moment for Sablikova who considered retirement last season because of back problems. De jong got silver and Russia’s Natalia Voronina took bronze.

In the ladies’ 3000m, 23-year-old Dutch skater Antoinette de Jong set the time to beat at 3:59.411 in the 7th pair and for a moment it looked like nobody was going to beat her. She had to wait for the 10th and last pair of the distance to see 31-year-old Martina Sablikova skate her 3000m in 3:58.911. It was Sablikova’s 18th world champion title. A feel good moment for Sablikova who considered retirement last season because of back problems. De jong got silver and Russia’s Natalia Voronina took bronze.