Home hope was superior and won with 3.54.04. There was enough time for the three-time Olympic gold medalist from Beijing earlier this year to set a track record. Schouten also had the precedent.

Wiklund entered the penultimate pair with Czech veteran and world record holder in the distance, Martina Sáblíková. It was a fierce battle, but Wiklund proved to be the strongest and entered with a time of 3:58.31. He lasted for 3rd place.

Canadian Isabelle Weidemann teamed up with Schouten and finished second with 3.57.70

Last Friday, Wiklund claimed his first World Cup victory in the 3,000 meters at the season opener in Stavanger. This weekend sees new world cup races for elite skating in Seinäjoki, Finland.

Skating World Cup in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on Sunday:

Men, 1500m:

1) Connor Howe, Canada 1.43.38, 2) Kjeld Nuis, Netherlands 1.43.64, 3) Thomas Krol, Netherlands 1.43.83, 4) Peder Kongshaug, Norway 1.43.86, 5) Zhongyan Ning, China 1.43.91, 6) Patrick Roest, Netherlands 1.44.11, 7) Hallgeir Engebråten, Norway 1.44.20, 8) Sander Eitrem, Norway 1.44.24, 9) Jordan Stolz, United States 1.44.27, 10) Taiyo Nonomura, Japan 1.44.57.

Other Norwegians: 12) Allan Dahl Johansson 1.44.77 17) Kristian Ulekleiv 1.45.69.

Group B: 1) Dmitrij Morozov, Kazakhstan 1.45.95.

Team sprint:

1) China, 1.19.55, 2) Netherlands, 1.19.81, 3) United States, 1.19.89, 4) Norway, 1.19.91, 5) Germany, 1.20.27, 6) Italy, 1.20, 42, 7) Canada, 1.20.57, 8) Poland, 1.20.73, 9) South Korea, 1.21.83, 10) Kazakhstan, 1.22.88.

Women, 500m;

1) Min-Sun Kim, South Korea 37.21, 2) Vanessa Herzog, Austria 37.48, 3) Jutta Leerdam, Netherlands 37.51, 4) Erin Jackson, USA 37.53, 5) Marrit Fledderus, Netherlands 37.83, 6) Femke Kok, Netherlands 37.93, 7) Kurumi Inagawa, Japan 37.96, 8) Kimberly Goetz, USA 38.11, 9) Dione Voskamp, ​​​Netherlands 37.89, 10) Michelle de Jong, Netherlands 37.92, 10) Konami Soga, Japan 38.19.

Group B: 1) Martine Ripsrud, Norway 38.46. Other Norwegian: 14) Julie Nistad Samsonsen 39.47.

3000m:

1) Irene Schouten, Netherlands 3.54.04, 2) Isabelle Weidemann, Canada 3.57.70, 3) Ragne Wiklund, Norway 3.58.31, 4) Joy Beune, Netherlands 3.58.73, 5) Ivanie Blondin, Canada 3.59.82, 6) Marijke Groenewoud, Netherlands 3.59.90, 7) Martina Sablikova, Czech Republic 4.00.14, 8) Antoinette Rijpma – de Jong, Netherlands 4.00.24, 9) Nadezjda Morozova, Kazakhstan 4.02, 84, 10) Valerie Maltais, Canada 4.03.98.

Group B: 1) Han Mei, China 4.05.07. Norwegian: 8) Sofie Karoline Haugen 4.13.46, 14) Aurora Løvås 4.16.57, 19) Marte Bjerkreim Furnee 4.21.31.

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