Ning Zhongyan crowns the first Chinese sprint world champion!

Ning Zhongyan crowns the first Chinese sprint world champion!

At the ice skating European Championship in Heerenveen, Vanessa Herzog is positioned, but the medals seem to have moved far away. With a disappointing sixth place over 500 meters and a ninth place over 1,000 meters, the 29-year-old is only eighth with 77.360 points. The Dutch athletes, led by Jutta Leerdam, dominate the field. Leerdam leads after two distances with a total number of points of 74.875 points, followed by Femke Kok and Suzanne Schulting. KOK has the fastest time in the sprint distance with 37.58 seconds, while Herzog finished 38.55 seconds. After further competitions on Saturday it will be shown whether Duke still has chances on a medal, while Ignaz Gschwentner is initially in 19th place in the men's competition, which is currently making him the penultimate, as krone.at reported.

World Championships in ice skating

The international competitive landscape was also revived in March 2024 with the ice skating sprint world championship, which took place in the Max Aicher Arena in German Inzell. Japanese Miho Takagi and the Chinese Ning Zhongyan managed to win the championship titles in the sprint. In an exciting competition in which every athlete had to complete four routes, Takagi and Zhongyan prevailed, with Zhongyan impressed with a record time in the 1,000-meter race. On the first two competition days, the athletes shone with records and gripping duels, with Takagi winning the 1,000 meters with a time of 1: 12.86 minutes to the fastest time, such as de.wikedia.org describes.

Overall, the pressure on all athletes increased, because the international ice skating union had named several favorites before the competition, including Takagi, who had already won the gold medal at the individual road world championships over 1,000 meters. However, the athletes on the railway had the responsibility of asserting their place in the top group in the rapid decision -making races. The competition gave a promising outlook on future events in ice skating and strengthened the anticipation for the next round of competition.