Russia (bbabo.net), - Swedish speed skater Nils van der Pool won the 10,000m race at the Beijing Olympics.
Van der Pool won the 5,000-meter race in Beijing confidently, and at a distance twice as long was also considered the main contender for victory. And this victory turned out to be more than convincing.
An athlete from Sweden broke his own world record set almost a year ago in Beijing. The result of the champion is 12 minutes 30.740 seconds. Van der Poel beat the previous achievement by 2.21 seconds.
The silver medalist was Patrick Rust of the Netherlands, 13.85 seconds back. Italy's Davide Ghiotto took bronze, 15.24 seconds back.
Russia's Alexander Rumyantsev finished fifth with a career best of 12.51.330.
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