US EditionLive World Cup Speed Skating | Phenomenal Femke Kok Shatters Twelve-Year-Old World Record in the 500 Meters
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With a time of 36.09, Femke Kok dived far below the previous world record of 36.36 that South Korean Lee Sang-hwa skated on the same track in Salt Lake City exactly twelve years ago.
The 25-year-old sprinter set a time of 36.09 in the World Cup race. Lee Sang-hwa's previous world record stood at 36.36 for twelve years.
The first World Cup of the speed skating season in Salt Lake City concludes tonight with the team pursuit, the 500 meters, and the mass start. In the team pursuit, the women (fifth) and men (sixth) were quite disappointing. Follow all the highlights here!
Wow! Femke Kok is turning the speed skating world upside down! At the World Cup events in Salt Lake City, the three-time world champion broke the world record for the 500 meters. Exactly twelve years after Zou Sang-Hwa Lee's "magical lap," Kok showed she could go even faster. She improved her fastest time ever from 36.36 to 36.09, beating Olympic champion Erin Jackson in a head-to-head duel.
Speed skater Femke Kok won the 500 meters at the World Cup in Salt Lake City. The reigning world champion clocked a Dutch record of 36.48 seconds, beating American Olympic champion Erin Jackson (36.87) and Japan's Yukino Yoshida (36.88). Kok had a good start with an opening time of 10.27 seconds, comfortably surpassing her own Dutch record of 36.83. The three-time world champion in the 500 meters was only 0.12 seconds off the world record held b…
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