Angel Daleman wins 500m in Beijing as Dutch women take team pursuit gold, men finish last

Daleman wins a third gold

Angel Daleman, 19, won the women's 500 metres at the World Cup in Beijing on Sunday, 15 November, in 37.60 seconds. Femke Kok finished second in 37.67 and Suzanne Schulting third in 37.85. The win was Daleman's third gold of the weekend, after the 1,000 metres on Friday, 13 November, and the first 500 metres on Saturday, 14 November. Her head-to-head race with Schulting began with a false start, and Daleman left less smoothly on her second attempt, a start that showed in a time 0.23 seconds slower than on Saturday. Kok, who has been struggling for form, finished behind her again.

Duizendstraal's arm problem

Amber Duizendstraal, 23, grabbed her right shoulder straight after the start of her 500 metres but completed the race. The live coverage had placed her in heat seven alongside Kurumi Inagawa, and four Dutch skaters were scheduled across the ten heats. Afterwards she walked through the Beijing rink with her arm in a sling. The reports give no further detail on the arm injury.

Women's team pursuit gold

The Dutch women's team of Joy Beune, Marijke Groenewoud and Merel Conijn won in 2:57.37, ahead of China (3:00.58) and Canada (3:03.17). Conijn, who was making her team pursuit debut, took the place of Antoinette Rijpma-De Jong, who has light back complaints after finishing 10th in the 1,500 metres on Saturday. Beune, Groenewoud and Rijpma-De Jong had won silver in this event at the Milan Olympics in February. Canada, the reigning Olympic champion, raced a largely renewed line-up apart from Valérie Maltais, and without Isabelle Weidemann and Ivanie Blondin.

Netherlands177.37

China180.58

Canada183.17

Netherlands

177.37 seconds

China

180.58 seconds

Canada

183.17 seconds

Data from the article text

Men's team pursuit ends in a fall

The Dutch men's team of Jasper Krommenhoek, Remo Slotegraaf and Marcel Bosker debuted in the World Cup and finished eighth and last. Bosker fell in the penultimate lap, and according to NOS his skate had been hit by Slotegraaf's. For Slotegraaf it was only his second team pursuit of his career. Italy, the Olympic champions, won in 3:40.35 according to Telegraaf and 3:40.36 according to NOS. Japan took second in 3:46.15 and the United States third in 3:47.07, per NOS. The Dutch federation KNSB decided that the team that won the men's national pursuit title in October would race the first World Cups. At the Milan Olympics Jorrit Bergsma, Chris Huizinga and Stijn van de Bunt had missed bronze by 0.09 seconds. AD reports that the lost points matter ahead of the world championships at the end of the season.

What remains of the weekend

The World Cup closes with the mass start for women and men. Femke Kok was scheduled to race Wiktoria Dabrowska in the final pairing of the 500 metres, and the Dutch skaters still had races to come on the final day. The weekend ends with Daleman holding the lead in the 500 metres, Kok chasing her, and Schulting already secured on the podium.