Canada’s Ted-Jan Bloemen set a new world record in the men’s 5,000-metre at the speed skating World Cup on Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 31-year-old from Calgary raced to gold in 6 minutes and 1.86 seconds. The previous record of 6:03.32 was set by Dutch skater Sven Kramer just over 10 years ago on Nov. 17, 2007 […]
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Canada's Ted-Jan Bloemen settles for silver at long track World Cup
Canadian speedskater Ted-Jan Bloemen wanted to challenge himself — and his rival. Feeling strong in the early stages, Bloemen decided to take a run at Dutch legend Sven Kramer in the men’s 5,000 metres Friday at the ISU World Cup stop at the Olympic Oval. The attack did not pay off. “Obviously, he came back […]