Long distance specialist reaches podium despite only having three World Cup starts this seasonHEERENVEEN, NETHERLANDS – Canada’s Ted-Jan Bloemen won bronze in the men’s 10,000m at the ISU World Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen on Sunday, elevating his country’s weekend medal total to seven. Sunday’s performance was all the more impressive given the fact that the Calgary-based long-distance specialist made only three World Cup starts this season. Ivanie Blondin (1:54.71) missed the women’s 1500m podium by only 0.32 seconds, narrowly edged out by Japan’s Miho Takagi (1:54.39) for the bronze medal. Canada concludes the 2023 ISU World Speed Skating Championships with seven medals, bringing home gold in the women’s Team Pursuit, women’s Team Sprint and men’s Team Sprint, silver in the women’s Mass Start (Blondin) and men’s 500m (Dubreuil) and men’s Team Pursuit, and bronze in the men’s 10,000m (Bloemen). Quotes“It was an emotional World Championships for me.
