Nils van der Poel of Sweden (C), Patrick Roest of the Netherlands (L) and Davide Ghiotto of Italy celebrate during the flower ceremony 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)
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 on Friday.
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/Wang Fei)
Patrick Roest of the Netherlands 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)
Patrick Roest of the Netherlands celebrates after 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)
Davide Ghiotto of Italy 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)
Davide Ghiotto of Italy celebrates after 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)
