By Canadian Press

Canada’s Bloemen takes home bronze medal at speedskating worlds

Mar 5, 2023 | 11:36 AM

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Canada’s Ted-Jan Bloemen earned a bronze medal in the men’s 10,000-metre event at the world speedskating championships on Sunday.

Skating in the second of six pairs, Bloemen posted a time of 13 minutes, 1.84 seconds in the 25-lap race.

Italy’s Davide Ghiotto (12:41.35) and the Netherlands Jorrit Bergsma (12:55.64) claimed gold and silver, respectively.

It was the third career medal for Bloemen on the worlds stage in the distance, having won silver in 2016 and 2020. The 36-year-old from Calgary has seven total career world championship medals.

Bloemen is a two-time Olympic medallist, winning gold in the 10,000 and silver in the 5,000 at the 2018 Games.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 5, 2023.

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