Van Der Poel Wins 2nd Olympic Gold, Sets 10,000 World Record
Feb 11, 2022, 12:22 PM
Nils van der Poel of Team Sweden skates on the way to a new World Record time of 12:30.74 during the Men's 10000m on day seven of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Speed Skating Oval on February 11, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
(Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
BEIJING (AP) — Nils van der Poel of Sweden has broken his own world record and captured his second gold medal of the Beijing Olympics with a dominant victory in men’s 10,000-meter speedskating.
Van der Poel added to his victory in the 5,000, which was a much closer affair.
This time, it was just the outspoken 25-year-old vs. the clock.
What a performance by Nils van der Poel!
✅#SpeedSkating – men's 10000m World Record.
✅2nd #Gold at #Beijing2022.
✅First athlete to win the 5000m / 10000m Olympic double since 2002.
✅First Swede to win gold in the 10000m since 1988.#StrongerTogether | @SWEOlympic pic.twitter.com/AFif21DfUI— Olympics (@Olympics) February 11, 2022
Van der Poel crossed the line in 12 minutes, 30.74 seconds.
The Swede easily broke the world mark of 12:32.95 he set in February 2021.
The silver medal went to Patrick Roest of the Netherlands. Italy’s Davide Ghiotto grabbed the bronze.
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