Norway's Eitrem breaks 5,000m world record at speed skating World Cup Inzell
BERLIN, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Norwegian skater Sander Eitrem broke the men's 5,000m world record at the speed skating World Cup in Inzell, Germany on Saturday, winning the event in five minutes and 58.52 seconds.
Eitrem became the first speed skater to skate the distance in under six minutes, beating the previous world record of 6:00.23 set by Timothy Loubineaud of France in Salt Lake City, the United States, last