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Men's 1000m long track speed skate finals set for Friday
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Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands is the favorite. The men’s 1000m long track final in speed skating gets underway on Friday night from PyeongChang, South Korea.

Jumbo to take over primary sponsorship of LottoNL-Jumbo for 2019

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Dutch supermarket brand Jumbo is set to take over primary sponsorship of the LottoNL-Jumbo squad next season, after penning a five-year contract with the WorldTour team. The deal also includes primary sponsorship of the speed skating team of the same name.

The news comes a day after the Dutch Lottery announced that it would end its main sponsorship of the team, which is owned by the umbrella company Team Oranje, at the end of this year.

1ST LEAD Nuis takes 1,000m gold as Dutch continue dominance of speed skating By Barry Whelan, dpa

Europe Online Magazine
Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - The Netherlands‘ Kjeld Nuis claimed gold in the men‘s 1,000-metre speed skating in Pyeongchang on Friday, adding to the 1,500m gold he won on Tuesday to become only the third man to win both events at a single Olympic Winter Games.Nuis clocked 1 minute 7.95 seconds to seal victory by just four-hundredths of a second from Norway‘s Havard Lorentzen to seal a seventh speed-skating gold at the Games for the dominant Dutch.South Korea‘s Kim Tae Yun...

Nuis takes 1,000m gold as Dutch continue dominance of speed skating

Europe Online Magazine
Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - The Netherlands‘ Kjeld Nuis claimed gold in the men‘s 1,000-metre speed skating in Pyeongchang on Friday, adding to the 1,500m gold he won on Tuesday to become only the third man to win both events at a single Olympic Winter Games.Nuis clocked 1 minute 7.95 seconds to seal victory by just four-hundredths of a second from Norway‘s Havard Lorentzen to seal a seventh speed-skating gold at the Games for the dominant Dutch.South Korea‘s Kim Tae Yun...

Elise Christie may take up long-track skating after Winter Olympics pain

The Guardian
• Short-track skater will consider doubling up in bid to end jinx
• Briton reveals plan to retire and switch sports had she won gold

Elise Christie will consider moving abroad to take up long-track speed skating – where there are far fewer opponents and crashes than in short track – in a bid to end her Winter Olympics jinx.

Christie also revealed her secret plan to retire and switch to another sport had she won gold.

EXTRA Short-track glory for the Netherlands as Schulting takes 1,000m gold

Europe Online Magazine
Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - Suzanne Schulting took gold in the women‘s 1,000-metre short-track speed skating at the Winter Games in Pyeongchang on Thursday to give the Netherlands yet more glory on the ice.Schulting posted 1 minute 29.778 seconds to finish ahead of Canada‘s Kim Boutin and Italy‘s Arianna Fontana in a chaotic race that saw South Korean pair Choi Minjeong and Shim Sukhee collide as they tried to make their move in the closing stages.

REFILE Japan hails teamwork as key to speed skating pursuit success

Europe Online Magazine
Tokyo (dpa) - Japan was praising one of its society‘s key ingredients - teamwork - as the reason for Olympic gold in the women‘s speed skating team pursuit on Wednesday. The Japanese team of Ayano Sato and sisters Miho and Nana Takagi caused a surprise by beating speed-skating powerhouse the Netherlands at the Gangneung Oval in South Korea.They even set an Olympic record of 2 minutes 53.89 seconds to prevail.

Japans hails teamwork as key to speed skating pursuit success

Europe Online Magazine
Tokyo (dpa) - Japan was praising one of its society‘s key ingredients - teamwork - as the reason for Olympic gold in the women‘s speed skating team pursuit on Wednesday. The Japanese team of Ayano Sato and sisters Miho and Nana Takagi caused a surprise by beating speed-skating powerhouse the Netherlands at the Gangneung Oval in South Korea.They even set an Olympic record of 2 minutes 53.89 seconds to prevail.
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