Femke Kok wins both 500m races at Thialf qualifying event
Femke Kok won the second 500 metres at the World Cup qualifying tournament in Thialf, after taking the first race earlier in the event. Five skaters qualified for the World Cup.
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Femke Kok won both women’s 500-metre races at the World Cup qualifying tournament in Thialf, taking the second in 36.97 seconds to beat Angel Daleman and Suzanne Schulting.
Daleman finished in 37.42 seconds and Schulting in 37.55. Kok had won the first race earlier with a time of 37.23, ahead of Amber Duizendstraal (37.38) and Daleman (37.41), ANP reported via Nieuws.nl.
The skaters’ two 500-metre times were combined to determine the five fastest qualifiers for the World Cup. Kok, Duizendstraal, Daleman, Schulting and Jildou Hoekstra made the cut. Hoekstra recorded the fifth-fastest overall time, 37.62 seconds; Schulting was fourth-fastest at 37.55.
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