Nils van der Poel of Sweden celebrates after winning the gold metal in the men's 5,000m final of speed skating at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)
BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- World record holder Nils van der Poel took gold in the men's 5,000m speed skating competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on Sunday.
Patrick Roest of the Netherlands, who qualified first in the discipline at the Dutch trials, took the silver medal with 6:09.31. Hallgeir Engebraaten of Norway finished third in 6:09.88.
Patrick Roest of the Netherlands competes during the men's 5,000m final of speed skating at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Du Yu)
Hallgeir Engebraaten of Norway competes during the men's 5,000m final of speed skating at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)
Patrick Roest (L) of the Netherlands reacts after the men's 5,000m final of speed skating at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Du Yu)
Patrick Roest of the Netherlands competes during the men's 5,000m final of speed skating at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Du Yu)
Emery Lehman of the United States competes during the men's 5,000m final of speed skating at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)
Ethan Cepuran of the United States competes during the men's 5,000m final of speed skating at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
Felix Rijhnen of Germany competes during the men's 5,000m final of speed skating at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)
