In Hamar, Norway, the skaters will compete in the combined European all-round and sprint championships this weekend. The field of participants includes twelve Dutchmen, who will compete with the foreign competition for a total of four titles that will be awarded in the Vikingskipet. Below you can read more about the program and the Dutch assets.
It is the fourth time that the different disciplines are combined at an European Championship. The tournament has been taking place in odd years since 2017, in even years the World Cup all-round and sprint are on the program. In the past, the all-round and sprint titles were still awarded during separate tournaments.
Two years ago in Heerenveen, all titles remained in the Netherlands. Patrick Roest and Antoinette de Jong turned out to be the best all-rounders, Thomas Krol and Jutta Leerdam had the fastest legs in the sprint tournament. Of those four, only Krol cannot defend his title. He was unable to qualify during the NK sprint, where the tickets for the European Championship were distributed between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
Dutch participants
EK: sprint
Men: Hein Otterspeer, Merijn Scheperkamp, Kai Verbij
Women: Jutta Leerdam, Femke Kok, Marrit Fledderus
EK all round:
Men: Patrick Roest, Beau Snellink, Marcel Bosker
Women: Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong, Marijke Groenewoud, Joy Beune
Plan
The tournament starts on Friday with the sprinters, who will compete for the overall victory a day later. The all-rounders only have to work for the first time on Saturday and close the tournament on Sunday. At the European Championship sprint, the two top favorites Femke Kok and Jutta Leerdam drew against each other in the seventh stage. In the eighth and final stage, Marrit Fledderus will compete against Austrian Vanessa Herzog. Check out the complete draw for Day 1 of the men’s and women’s sprint tournament here.
All matches can be followed live in a live blog on this site, including standings and rankings. The NOS broadcasts the European Championship all-round and sprint all weekend on NPO1.
Program Friday 6 January (5:30 pm – 8:00 pm):
1st 500 meters women
1st 500 meters man
1st 1000 meters women
1st 1000 meters man
Program Saturday 7 January (10.45 – 17.25)
2nd 500 meters sprint women
2nd 500 meters sprint men
Women’s 500 meters all-around
The 500 meter all-round man
2nd 1000 meters sprint women
2nd 1000 meters sprint men
Women’s 3000m Allround
5000 meter all-round man
Program Sunday 8 January (14.00 – 17.45)
Women’s 1500m Allround
1500 meter all-round man
Women’s 5000 meters all-around
10,000 meter all-round man
Calendar (each event can be clicked for results)
(Intermediate) standings World Cup season 2022-2023
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