Dutch speedskating star Sven Kramer wins another gold in 5,000 meter event
- 6 years ago
Moving on to speedskating…
Dutch speedskating maestro Sven Kramer( ) has done it again,... this time becoming the first Olympic speedskater to win an individual event three straight times.
Kramer set a new Olympic record on Sunday, finishing the 5,000 meter race in six minutes... nine-point-seven-six seconds.
He broke his own previous record set in Sochi four years ago.
He won the event for the first time in 2010.
Canadian Ted-Jan Bloemen( - - ) took the silver and the bronze went to Norway's Sverre Lunde Pedersen.( )
South Korea's Lee Seung-hoon finished fifth.
Dutch speedskating maestro Sven Kramer( ) has done it again,... this time becoming the first Olympic speedskater to win an individual event three straight times.
Kramer set a new Olympic record on Sunday, finishing the 5,000 meter race in six minutes... nine-point-seven-six seconds.
He broke his own previous record set in Sochi four years ago.
He won the event for the first time in 2010.
Canadian Ted-Jan Bloemen( - - ) took the silver and the bronze went to Norway's Sverre Lunde Pedersen.( )
South Korea's Lee Seung-hoon finished fifth.