In the venue of last year’s Olympic Games, Sáblíková improved the result from the previous SP, where she finished fifth in the same discipline. In the standings, the 36-year-old representative moved to second place behind the reigning world champion at this distance, Wiklund.
The protégé of coach Petr Novák decided to start only one race in China after health problems in Japan. She presented herself in the final heat together with Wiklund, with whom she also rode in Obihiru.
Ragne Wiklund 🇳🇴 is golden again in the Women’s 3000m!
It’s silver for Martina Sablikova 🇨🇿, while Mei Han 🇨🇳 claimed China’s first-ever World Cup medal in the 3000m with bronze 🥉👀#SpeedSkating pic.twitter.com/DlNKesb9es
— ISU Speed Skating (@ISU_Speed) November 19, 2023
Although she was lagging behind her favored opponent from the start, she held on to fourth place for a long time, but two laps before the finish she moved to second position and went for another medal position in the series. In the second start of the season premiere.
In the end, Sáblíková clocked 4:04.86 and was two tenths of a second slower than a week ago, when she set a season’s best.
Two more Czech speed skaters presented themselves in division B. Lucie Korvasová finished eighteenth with a time of 4:20.78, Zuzana Kuršová clocked a time almost eight seconds worse and was last.
The World Cup will continue with the third part at the beginning of December in Stavanger.
WC in speed skating in Beijing: Men: 1000 m: 1. Nuis (Netherlands) 1:08.112. Lorentzen (Nor.) 1:08.993. Ning Chung-yen (China) 1:09.03 World Championship standings (after 2 out of 7 races): 1. Nuis 1032. Ning Chung-yen 1023. Jamada (Japan) 84Women:500m:1. Jackson (USA) 37.542. Kim Min-sun (Korea) 37,853. Leerdamová (Niz.) 37.88 Current WC standings (after 4 out of 10 races): 1. Jackson 2172. Goetz (USA) 2053. Kim Min-sun 1783000 m:1. Wiklund (Norway) 4:03.412. Sáblíková (Czech Republic) 4:04.863. Chan Mei (China) 4:05.45…division B:18. Korvasova 4:20.7824. Kuršová (both Czech Republic) 4:28.51 Current WC standings (after 2 out of 6 races): 1. Wiklundová 1202. SÁBLÍKová 943. Beuneová (Niz.) 86…42. Korvasová 1243. Kuršová 10
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