Canadian speed skaters Ted-Jan Bloemen and Graeme Fish reached the world-championship podium on home ice in the men’s 10,000 metres on Sunday.
Calgary’s Bloemen claims silver on hometown ice; Moose Jaw, Sask.’s Fish places 3rdThe Canadian Press
· Posted: Feb 18, 2024 5:28 PM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
Canda’s Ted-jan Bloemen competes in the men’s 10,000-metre event at the World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships on Sunday at Calgary’s Olympic Oval. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)Canadian speed skaters Ted-Jan Bloemen and Graeme Fish reached the world-championship podium on home ice in the men’s 10,000 metres on Sunday.
Calgary’s Bloemen claimed silver in 12 minutes 47.01 seconds, while Fish of Moose Jaw, Sask., took bronze in 12:48.61 at Calgary’s Olympic Oval. Italy’s Davide Ghiotto retained his world title with a time of 12:38.81, the fastest of his career.
WATCH l Bloemen skates to silver before home crowd:
Canada’s Ted-Jan Bloemen skates to 10,000m silver at worldsTed-Jan Bloemen of Canada places second in the men’s 10,000-metre at the ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships in Calgary.
The 37-year-old Bloemen, who won gold in the 10K at the 2018 Olympic Games, collected the third world championship silver medal of his career in the distance.
Fish, 26, returned to the world-championship podium after taking the title in 2020 in Salt Lake City.
WATCH l Fish bags bronze:
Moose Jaw’s Graeme Fish claims 10,000m bronze at singles distances worldsGraeme Fish of Moose Sask., finishes third in the men’s 10,000-metre at the ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships in Calgary.
Stolz repeats hat trickAmerican star Jordan Stolz repeated his world-championship hat trick, winning the men’s 1,500m Sunday after victories in the 1,000 and 500.
The 19-year-old phenom became the first male to win gold in three world championship individual races last year in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
Connor Howe of Canmore, Alta., was the top Canadian in 12th place (1:44.54), while compatriots Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu (1:45.20) and Vincent De Haître (1:45.93) finished 16th and 19th, respectively, in the field of 24.
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—@ISU_SpeedJoy Beune and Irene Schouten finished one-two for the Netherlands in the women’s 5,000m. Beune skated the fastest 5K of her life in 6:47.72.
After winning the women’s 3,000m and mass start, as well as helping the Dutch take team pursuit gold, Schouten finished 1.26 seconds back of her teammate for silver.
Ottawa’s Isabelle Weidemann, who was the silver medallist in the 3K behind Schouten, placed fifth. The Czech Republic’s Martina Sáblíková was the bronze medallist 4.16 seconds back of Beune.
With files from CBC Sports
