Overview
- Jenning de Boo won the men’s World Sprint title over Jordan Stolz, taking three of four races and lowering the Thialf 500m track record to 33.78 seconds.
- Femke Kok swept all four women’s sprints for the crown as the podium went all-Dutch with Suzanne Schulting second and Marrit Fledderus third.
- Jordan Stolz opened the all-round with a 34.22 in the 500m and kept the overall lead after the 5,000m despite Sander Eitrem winning that distance with a Thialf record.
- In the women’s all-round, Miho Takagi won the 500m and Ragne Wiklund captured the 3,000m to share the overnight lead, with Dutch skaters and Francesca Lollobrigida close behind.
- The championships conclude Sunday with 1,500m races for both fields plus the women’s 5,000m and men’s 10,000m, as Martina Sablikova’s farewell drew an ovation during day one.