Schouten wins with track record 3,000m in Thialf, Leerdam third at 500m

20 nov 2022 om 14:43Update: 33 minuten geleden

Irene Schouten won the 3,000m at the World Championships in Heerenveen on Sunday with a track record. Jutta Leerdam was the highest scoring Dutch runner in the 500m with a third-place finish.

Schouten was much stronger in Thialf than the competition. The Olympic champion in the 3,000m was more than 3.5 seconds faster than number two Isabelle Weidemann of Canada: 3.54.05 to 3.57.70.

Schouten dived with her best time more than half a second short of her own record. Last October she scored 3.54.59 at NK distances.

The North Holland woman suffered a rare defeat in the 3 kilometers in Stavanger last week. Norway’s Ragne Wiklund then took gold in her country, but she had to settle for third place on Sunday. She drove a time of 3:58.31.

Joy Beune finished just off the podium with a time of 3.58.72. She finished ahead of Canada’s Ivanie Blondin (3:59.82). Number six Marijke Groenewoud was the last skater with a time under four minutes (3.59.90).

Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong, who won the World Cup in the 1,500m for the first time in her career on Saturday, finished eighth with a time of 4:00.24. The 27-year-old skater finished just behind Martina Sáblíková (4:00.13).

Uitslag 3.000 meter vrouwen

1. Irene Schouten (Ned) 3.54,04
2. Isabelle Weidemann (Can) 3.57,70
3. Ragne Wiklund (Noo) 3.58,31
4. Joy Beune (Ned) 3.58,72
5. Ivanie Blondin (Can) 3.59,82
6. Marijke Groenewoud (Ned) 3.59,90
8. Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong (Ned) 4.00,24

Jutta Leerdam finished third in the 500m, behind Min-Sun Kim and Vanessa Herzog.

Photos: professional shots

Leerdam back on stage

Min-Sun Kim won the 500m. The South Korean set a time of 37.21. He was significantly stronger than his competition in Thialf. The 23-year-old skater was 0.27 seconds faster than number two Vanessa Herzog (37.48) from Austria.

Leerdam, who won the 1,000m on Friday and finished eighth in the 1,500m on Saturday, was slightly slower than Herzog. The Jumbo-Visma skater set a time of 37.51.

It was Kim’s second World Cup win this season. She was also fastest last week in Stavanger, Norway with a time of 37.55. Leerdam then finished second (38.06).

Marrit Fledderus skated in Heerenveen with a personal best of 37.55 and finished fifth in that time. Olympic champion Erin Jackson from the USA was 0.02 seconds faster (37.53) and ended up in fourth place.

Femke Kok did better than last week in Stavanger, when she was disappointingly 12th. The Dutch record holder in the 500m was once again short of a place on the podium with a time of 37.66. The Friesian finished sixth.