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SALT LAKE CITY — Calgary’s Ted-Jan Bloemen won gold in the men’s 5,000-metres Thursday at the world single distance speedskating championships.
Bloemen finished in a time of six minutes 4.375 seconds at the Utah Olympic Oval to edge Dutch legend Sven Kramer by 0.54 seconds.
Graeme Fish of Moose Jaw, Sask., was third in 6:06.328.
Bloemen set the world record in the discipline in a time of 6:01.86 at the same track on Dec. 10, 2017. He took the silver medal in the 5,000 at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, finishing behind Kramer.
Toronto’s Jordan Belchos was fifth.
In the team sprint, Gilmore Junio (Calgary), Laurent Dubreuil (Levis, Que.), Alexandre St-Jean (Quebec City) and Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu (Sherbrooke, Que.) were disqualified after initially appearing to win the race. The Netherlands took gold, followed by China and Norway.
Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin was the top Canadian in the women’s 3,000 metres, finishing sixth in a personal-best time of 3:57.56. Ottawa’s Isabelle Weidemann was 10th and Valerie Maltais of Saguenay, Que., was 12th.
Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic finished first, followed by Carlijn Achtereekte of the Netherlands and Natalia Voronina of Russia.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 13, 2020.
The Canadian Press
Note to readers: This is a corrected story, reflecting disqualification of Canadian sprint team
