Jilek sets rink record in Beijing 5,000m World Cup win
Metodej Jilek set a rink record to win the men’s 5,000 metres at the Beijing World Cup. Marcel Bosker was the highest-placed Dutch skater, in seventh.
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Czech skater Metodej Jilek won the men’s 5,000 metres at the first Speed Skating World Cup event in Beijing, setting a rink record of 6:04.77. Dutch skaters finished outside the top six, with Marcel Bosker seventh as the best of the Netherlands’ representatives.
Jilek, 20, finished ahead of Norway’s Sander Eitrem, the Olympic champion and reigning world all-round champion, who took silver in 6:08.77. Italy’s Davide Ghiotto won bronze in 6:10.61.
Wisse Slendebroek placed 10th in his World Cup debut, in 6:17.96, while Jasper Krommenhout was 12th in 6:20.22. Earlier, Jorrit Bergsma finished fifth in the B group in 6:19.92. Sil van der Veen, also making his World Cup debut, was 23rd in that group.
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