The first world record for "Ice Ribbon" was born Vanderbilt won the men's 10,000-meter speed skating championship

(Beijing Winter Olympics) "Ice Ribbon" The first world record was born Vanderbilt won the men's 10,000-meter championship in speed skating

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (China News Service) -- In the men's 10,000-meter speed skating competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics held on February 11, Sweden's Van der Boul broke the world record held by himself and won the championship with a time of 12:30.74. This is the first world record for the birth of the "Ice Ribbon" of the Chinese National Speed Skating Hall, and the sixth Olympic record produced here.

Speed skating men's 10,000 meters, known as the speed skating "marathon", is the longest distance of the beijing Winter Olympics speed skating event.

National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon". Image source: ICphoto

In this event, the favourites for the championship were Rust from the Netherlands and Van der Boul from Sweden. The two had been tit-for-tat in the men's 5,000m race, and van der Bohr had the last laugh.

In the 10,000m race, Rust appeared in Group 2, and in the end he left his opponents in the same group far behind, temporarily ranking first with a time of 12:44.59. Neither of the two groups of players who came out since then failed to surpass Rust's score until Group 5, when Van der Bohr appeared.

Van der Boulg skated relatively smoothly since the start of the race, and has always been on par with the speed of the world record. In the final laps of the race, the audience at the National Speed Skating Hall began to cheer for him, and finally Van de Boulevard crossed the line with a time of 12:30.74.

This result broke the world record held by himself, more than 13 seconds faster than the second place Rust's performance, which is a clear advantage. Italy's Giotto won the bronze medal.

Born in 1996, Vanderbilt has been the most eye-catching player in the men's long distance event of speed skating in recent years, winning both the 5,000m and 10,000m at last year's World Championships and completing a nearly impossible task – breaking the world record at the Plains Ice Rink.

In the previous speed skating men's 5,000 meters of speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Van der Boul broke the Olympic record and eventually won the championship. Now, as a two-time winner of the Winter Olympics, he has become a veritable "king of long distances" in speed skating.

After the game, van der Pol said: "Technically I'm not at my best, but I'm in good shape. I didn't want to risk it too early, and with five laps to go, I felt the world record was within reach, so I started to speed up toward that goal. ”

At the post-match souvenir ceremony, Van de Boule looked happy and laughed with the other two medalists from time to time. In an interview, he said: "I am satisfied, the result is much better than I imagined. ”

The world record set by Van der Boulevard is the first world record produced by the "Ice Ribbon" of the Chinese National Speed Skating Hall and the sixth Winter Olympic record produced by the "Ice Ribbon", and the track here is truly called "fastest ice". (End)