The time is an improvement over Maren Haugli’s 16-plus-year record of over two seconds. Haugli set his best in the same hall in March 2006. Wiklund lowered his own personal best by almost three and a half seconds.

Wiklund already holds the Norwegian records for the 1,500 and 3,000 metres.

She had no chance on Dutch Irene Schouten’s lead time of 6.48.06, but clocked a time that held off Canadian favorites Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann in the last pair. Blondin had to settle for 3rd place in 6.54.81.

Wiklund leads the long distance World Cup.

Earlier Friday, Peder Kongshaug became the top Norwegian in the 1,500 meters with 1.43.59. He was exactly one second behind Dutch winner Kjeld Nuis and a quarter of a second behind third place.

Sander Eitrem was four hundredths of a second behind his teammate and finished fifth, while Allan Dahl Johansson was seventh at 1m43.87s.

Martine Ripsrud finished third in Group B in the 500 meters in 38.26.

Skating World Cup in Calgary, Canada, Friday, Day 1:

Men, 1500m:

1) Kjeld Nuis, Netherlands 1.42.59, 2) Jordan Stolz, USA 1.43.19, 3) Thomas Krol, Netherlands 1.43.34, 4) Peder Kongshaug, Norway 1.43.59, 5) Sander Eitrem , Norway 1.43.63, 6) Patrick Roest, Netherlands 1.43.78, 7) Allan Dahl Johansson, Norway 1.43.87, 8) Kazuya Yamada, Japan 1.44.07, 9) Connor Howe, Canada 1.44.13, 10 ) Wesly Dijs, Netherlands 1.44.23 .

Other Norwegian: 17) Kristian Ulekleiv 1.45.66.

Division B: 1) Seitaro Ichinohe, Japan 1.44.78.

Team sprint:

1) Poland 1.18.90 (Marej Kania, Piotr Michalski, Damian Zurek), 2) Netherlands 1.18.93 (Merijn Scheperkamp, ​​Hein Otterspeer, Kjeld Nuis), 3) Canada 1.19.40 (Christopher Fiola, Laurent Dubreuil, Antoine Gélinas- Beaulieu), 4) Norway 1.19.45 (Henrik Fagerli Rukke, Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen, Odin By Farstad), 5) China 1.19.51 (Yang Tao, Lian Ziwen, Wang Shiwei), 6) United United 1.19.82 (Austin Kleba, Cooper McLeod, Conor McDermott-Mostowy).

Women, 500m:

1) Kim Min-sun, South Korea 36.96, 2) Miho Takagi, Japan 37.26, 3) Erin Jackson, USA 37.35, 4) Femke Kok, Netherlands 37.38, 5) Jutta Leerdam, Netherlands 37.41, 6) Kimi Goetz, USA 37.43, 7) Vanessa Herzog, Austria 37.47, 8) Michelle de Jong, Netherlands 37.48, 9) Andzelika Wojcik, Poland 37.51, 10 ) Dione Voskamp, ​​Netherlands 37.53.

Division B: 1) Alina Dauranova, Kazakhstan 38.00. Norwegian: 3) Martine Ripsrud 38.26, 10) Julie Nistad Samsonsen 38.65.

5000m:

1) Irene Schouten, Netherlands 6.48.06, 2) Ragne Wiklund, Norway 6.52.86 (Norwegian reg.), 3) Ivanie Blondin, Canada 6.54.81, 4) Joy Beune, Netherlands 6.58.00, 5 ) Martina Sablikova, Czech Republic 6.58,23, 6) Valérie Maltais, Canada 7.00,59, 7) Isabelle Weidemann, Canada 7.00,66, 8) Merel Conijn, Netherlands 7.04,77, 9) Magdalena Czyszczon, Poland 7.05, 50, 10) Ayano Sato, Japan 7.06.99.

Division B: 1) Sanne In ‘t Hof, Netherlands 6.47.28. Norwegian: 4) Sofie Karoline Haugen 7.08.68, 13) Aurora Løvås 7.30.59.

Long Distance World Cup (4 out of 6 races): 1) Wiklund 222, 2) Schouten 210, 3) Weidemann 168, 4) Blondin 167, 5) Beune 160, 6) Maltais 139.

Other Norwegians (top 30): 18) Haugen 83, 28) Løvås 52.