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Van ‘t Wout skates seemingly effortlessly to World Cup gold at 1,000 meters
Short tracker Jens van ‘t Wout apparently easily won gold in the 1,000 meters during the World Tour weekend in Canada. In Montreal, he effortlessly stayed ahead of the Latvian Roberts Kruzbergs (silver) and the Pole Michal Niewinski (bronze) in the final.
In a race without Koreans, who had already fallen in the semi-finals, Van ‘t Wout looked efficient and unapproachable. Van ‘t Wout was in the lead for almost the entire race and thus set the pace. Just like last year in Canada, when he also won gold in the kilometer, no one overtook the Dutchman anymore.
View Van ‘t Wout’s response here:
Van ‘t Wout after World Tour gold at 1,000 meters: ‘Semi-final was actually the final’
In the quarter-finals of the 1,000 meters for men, Sjinkie Knegt had a difficult race. The Dutchman, who was once again selected by national coach Niels Kerstholt in Montreal, received a penalty for an action in the last round. Semi-final place gone. Daan Kos also didn’t make it.
Gold mixed redemption
Knegt was successful in the final of the mixed relay, when he, with Xandra Velzeboer, Michelle Velzeboer and Van ‘t Wout, was faster than South Korea (silver), Canada (bronze) and the United States.
Short track speed skaters beat South Korea in mixed relay after early fall from Canada and US
The final of the mixed relay in Montreal there was soon a battle between not four, but two countries. After an early collapse by Canada and the United States, the Netherlands and South Korea were left together. In the final laps, Van ‘t Wout beautifully took over the lead and cruised to victory.
After a long short track Sunday, the first World Cup weekend of the new season ended with the men’s relay. Van ‘t Wout, Knegt, Kos and Sven Roes raced to bronze. Before the Italians, but behind the golden Canadians and the silver Chinese.
Short trackers on relay to WB bronze, Canada to gold at home
The second World Tour weekend (November 1 to 3) was planned in Salt Lake City, but it was moved to Montreal, the track where the short track speed skaters now also rode. The track in Salt Lake, USA, has been rejected for safety reasons due to deficiencies in the boarding.
World Tour Montreal at NOS
The World Tour (formerly the World Cup) consists of six events this winter, all of which can be followed live on NOS. The first two weekends are in Montreal.
Next Saturday the World Tour can be followed from 6.25 pm via a livestream on NOS.nl and in the NOS app. The commentary is by Joris van den Berg.
