Dutch women win team pursuit at Beijing speed skating World Cup
The Netherlands won the women’s team pursuit at the opening speed skating World Cup in Beijing, while the men finished last after a fall and will race in the B group in Japan next weekend.
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The Netherlands won the women’s team pursuit at the opening speed skating World Cup of the season in Beijing, with Joy Beune, Merel Conijn and Marijke Groenewoud finishing in 2:57.37. China took silver in 3:00.58 and Canada bronze in 3:03.17, according to ANP.
The result came after the Dutch team won silver at the Milan Winter Olympics in February, when Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong skated instead of Conijn. Canada took gold in Milan; Isabelle Weidemann and Ivanie Blondin were absent from the Canadian team in Beijing.
The Dutch men had a difficult start to their World Cup campaign, finishing last after Marcel Bosker fell in the penultimate lap. Italy, the Olympic champions, won in 3:40.35, ahead of Japan and the United States.
The Dutch men’s trio of Jasper Krommenhoek, Remo Slotegraaf and Bosker were making their World Cup debut. The Dutch skating federation had decided that the team winning the national team-pursuit championships would represent the Netherlands at the first World Cup events. After finishing eighth in Beijing, the team will race in the B group at next weekend’s World Cup in Obihiro, Japan. The result also makes qualification for February’s world championships more difficult, ANP reported.
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