Speed Skating: The Dominance of Netherlands Continues with Jorien Ter Mors Winning a Gold Medal in Ladies’ 1000m

The trend of Dutch speed skaters to win gold in PyeongChang continues. Jorien ter Mors won gold in 1000 m women’s race, finishing in 1 minute 13.56 seconds. At 2014 Winter Olympics, the athlete won 2 gold medals in 1500m and women’s team pursuit.

Japanese speed skaters, Nao Kodaira, silver medalist of 2010 Winter Olympics in team pursuit, and Miho Takagi, who already won a bronze medal in 1000m in 2018 PyeongChang, won silver and bronze medals. Kodaira finished in 1 minute 13.82 seconds while Takagi completed the race in 1 minute 13.98 seconds.

Jorien Ter Mors

The rest of top 10 athletes finished in the following order:

4 Brittany Bowe (United States)

5 Vanessa Herzog (Austria)

6 Marrit Leenstra (bronze medalist in 1500m in 2018 PyeongChang) (Netherlands)

7 Karolina Erbanova (Czech Republic)

8 Heather Bergsma (United States)

9 Ireen Wust (a gold and silver medalist of 2018 Winter Olympics) (Netherlands)

10 Ida Njatun (Norway)

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