Overview
- Stijn van de Bunt added the 10,000m to his earlier 5,000m qualification, winning the longest distance by roughly nine seconds over Jorrit Bergsma.
- In the final pair, Bergsma edged Marcel Bosker by 0.14 seconds, leaving Bosker third and outside the Netherlands’ two-athlete quota for the 10,000m.
- Bosker now awaits clarity on a potential 5,000m selection after missing a direct 10,000m berth despite a leading time before the last race.
- Jenning de Boo secured the 500m Olympic place with a best-of-two total of 33.96 seconds under the OKT’s two-run format that guarantees the winner’s spot.
- Merijn Scheperkamp failed to qualify after placing fifth on the 1,000m, having already fallen short on the 500m earlier in Heerenveen.