Canada’s Ted-Jan Bloemen sets speedskating record at World Cup
KEARNS, Utah — Canada’s Ted-Jan Bloemen set a world record Sunday on the final day of the World Cup speedskating event at the Utah Olympic Oval.
The Calgary native finished in six minutes 1.86 seconds in the men’s 5,000. Dutch skater Sven Kramer held the previous record of 6:03.32.
Germany’s Patrick Beckert was second in 6.10.80, and countryman Moritz Geisreiter followed in 6:11.47.
“That was amazing,” said Bloemen, who also holds the world record in the 10,000-metre distance. “I saw the other skaters do times of 6:07 before me, so I knew the ice was quite a bit faster than last weekend, and that maybe it was possible to beat the world record. But this fast? I didn’t expect it.”