It started Thursday night the most important event of this year speed skaters. At the World Speed ​​Skating Championships, hosted by Dutchman Heerenveen, the Poles did well, taking fourth place in the team sprint.

The Poles missed the podium four tenths of a second

Marek Kania, Piotr Michalski and Damian Zurek They did well on Thursday. The whites and reds were even second after finishing their race, but the Dutch and Norwegians starting after them turned out faster and pushed the representatives of Poland off the podium. However, he was not far from a medal, since only four tenths of a second.

“Unfortunately it happens. It was a shame, because it was close to a medal. Everything was close, but the opponents turned out to be better. When we finished the race, we were still in second place, so it there was hope until the end – said Kania after the race.

Martina Baran, Iga Wojtasik and Karolina Bosiek placed sixth in their competition. She took twelfth place in the 3,000 meter race on Thursday Magdalena Czyszczon. The competitor from AZS AWF Katowice covered this distance more than six seconds faster than two weeks ago in the World Cup final in Tomaszów Mazowiecki.

– I was only two seconds off my personal best, which is very short for this distance. Well, the world championship is not over yet, let’s see what will happen on Sunday over a distance of five kilometers. I hope to do my best there Czyszczon supported.

However, this is only the beginning of the rivalry in the Netherlands Herenveen. On Friday, they will participate in individual races over a distance of 500 meters. Polish women also participated in the team race.

World Speed ​​Skating Championships in Heerenveen, day 1 – results

Women – 3000 meters
1. Ragne Wiklund (Norway) 3:56.86
2. Irene Schouten (Netherlands) 3:57.40
3. Martina Sablikova (Czech Republic) 3:58.35
[…]12. Magdalena Czyszczon (Poland) 4:07.31

Team sprint
1.Canada 1:26.29
2. United States 1:26.58
3. China 1:27.86
[…]6. Poland (Martyna Baran, Iga Wojtasik, Karolina Bosiek) 1:29.18

Men – 5,000 meters
1. Patrick Roest (Netherlands) 6:08.94
2. Davide Ghiotto (Italy) 6:11/12
3. Bart Swings (Belgium) 6:13/06

Team sprint
1.Canada 1:19.26
2. Netherlands 1:19.67
3. Norway 1:19.80
4. Poland (Marek Kania, Piotr Michalski, Damian Zurek) 1:20.21

Adrianna Sułek with a life record. The Pole has started the march for the medal?