Nils van der Poel of Sweden competes during the speed skating men's 10000m of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)
BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Nils van der Poel of Sweden won the men's 10,000m speed skating with a new world record at the Beijing Winter Olympics here on Friday.
The 25-year old, who had already claimed a gold over the 5,000m distance, clocked 12 minutes and 30.74 seconds, shattering his own previous record of 12:32.95 set in February 2021.
It's also the first world record that tumbled at Beijing 2022.
Dutch skater Patrick Roest seized the silver in 12:44.59, while Davide Ghiotto of Italy finished third in 12:45.98. ■
Nils van der Poel of Sweden competes during the speed skating men's 10000m of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)
Nils van der Poel of Sweden competes during the speed skating men's 10000m of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)
Nils van der Poel of Sweden competes during the speed skating men's 10000m of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)
Nils van der Poel (L) of Sweden competes during the speed skating men's 10000m of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)
Nils van der Poel of Sweden celebrates breaking the world record of the speed skating men's 10000m of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)
Nils van der Poel of Sweden competes during the speed skating men's 10000m of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
Nils van der Poel of Sweden competes during the speed skating men's 10000m of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)
Nils van der Poel of Sweden competes during the speed skating men's 10000m of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)
Nils van der Poel of Sweden celebrates breaking the world record of the speed skating men's 10000m of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)
