Between November 17 and 19, 2023, in Beijing, China, the second of six stages of the Speed ​​Skating World Cup. Skaters earn points based on their ranking in each event.

In the Beijing leg, there were two 500m races, one 1000m race, one 1500m race, one 3000m race, one 5000m race, a mass start and a team pursuit. We didn’t have any Brazilian athletes.

At events maleduring the first test of 500m there was a Japanese double with Wataru Morishige and Yuma Murakami. South Korean Kim Jun-ho came third. During the second attempt of 500m Morishige once again won gold, while his compatriot Murakami came third. The silver went to Canadian Laurent Dubreuil. We 1000m it’s us 1500m gold went to Dutchman Kjeld Nuis and bronze to Chinese Ning Zhongyan. In the 1000m, silver went to the Norwegian Havard Lorentzen while in the 1500m, it went to the Dutchman Patrick Roest.

Still in the men’s events, 5000m Patrick Roest won, followed by the Italian Davide Ghiotto and the Norwegian Sander Eitrem, repeating the same podium from the previous stage, contested in Japan. mass departure Italian double with Andrea Giovannini first and Daniele Di Stefano second. Belgian Bart Swings won bronze. Finally, in team pursuitthe best for the United States, followed by China and the Netherlands.

At events feminineduring the first and second tests of 500m the winner was Erin Jackson, from the United States. In the first, Kimi Goetz, her compatriot, won silver and Kim Min-sun, a South Korean, bronze. In the second event, Kim Min-sun won silver and Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands took bronze. We 1000m it’s us 1500m the winner was the Japanese Miho Takagi, Kimi Goetz won silver in the 1000 m and Jutta Leerdam the bronze, Han Mei and Li Qishi, both Chinese, finished second and third respectively in the 1500 m.

In long distance races, 3000m The Norwegian Ragne Wiklund beat the Czech Martina Sábliková and Han Mei, second and third. HAS mass departure gold for the Netherlands with Marijke Groenewoud and a Canadian double with Ivanie Blondin and Valérie Maltais, silver and bronze respectively. Finally, in team pursuit the best team was the Dutch, followed by the Canadian and the Pole.

The next stage will take place in Stavanger, Norway, from December 1 to 3, 2023.