Russia and the Netherlands both get two wins on the second day of the European Championships

More European champion titles were up for grab today at the European speed skating championships in Heerenveen.

By Jackob Savard
Photo: Albert Van Lobenstein

The ladies’ and men’s 500m were won by Russian skaters while the ladies’ 3000m and men’s 5000m were won by Dutch Skaters. 

Fatkulina and Kulizhnikov 500m champions

Russia's Olga Fatkulina, who’s having a good World Cup season so far, won the ladies’ 500m European title in front of defending champion Vanessa Herzog from Austria and Russian Angelina Golikova. Fatkulina crossed the line with a time of 37.40.

The men’s 500m was won by Russian Pavel Kulizhnikov who registered a time of 34.38 to beat crowd favorite Dai Dai Ntab and Ruslan Murashov from Russia.

Visser and Roest take the long distances victories

Esmee Visser retained her 3000m European champion title being the only skater to skate her 3000m below four minutes. Her time of 3:59.15 was enough to beat Russian Natalia Voronina who finished second and Italian Francesca Lollobrigida who took bronze skating her personal best time on the distance.

Dutch sensation Patrick Roest skated another impressive 5000m today in Heerenveen establishing a new track record and grabbing the European title. Sven Kramer and Denis Yuskov completed the podium.

For our day 1 recap, click HERE

For the complete results, click HERE

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