Sprint World Cup: Speed skater Ihle with a chance of a podium

Changchun (SID) Speed skater Nico Ihle is within striking distance of the podium places at the halfway point of the Sprint World Championships in Changchun, China. After two of four races, the man from Chemnitz is in fourth place in the overall ranking with 69,905 points. Only 500 m Olympic champion Havard Lorentzen (Norway/69,495) and the Dutch Kai Verbij (69,640) and Kjeld Nuis (69,695) are better. A week after the end of the disappointing Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Ihle started solidly in ninth place over 500 m in 35,04 seconds. His gap to the once again successful Lorentzen (34,89/track record) was significantly smaller than last time in South Korea. At the Winter Games, Ihle finished eighth, almost half a second behind Lorentzen. Things also went better for Ihle over 1000 m than at the highlight of the season. In 1:09,73 minutes, the Olympic eighth placed the fifth best time on the ice and moved up in the overall standings. Olympic champion Nuis (1:08,97/track record) was once again unbeatable. The Sprint World Championships were disappointing for Joel Dufter (Inzell). The second German starter initially did not get past 500th place over 35,68 m (20) and was then disqualified over twice the distance. In the women's race, Gabriele Hirschbichler (Inzell), the only German starter, took twelfth place after two runs (77,860). The 34-year-old initially missed out on a top 500 placement in twelfth place over 39,14 m (10), but reached the partial goal in eighth place over 1000 m (1:17,44). The Japanese Nao Kodaira is in the lead (75,070). The 500 m Olympic champion significantly improved Jenny Wolf's nine-year-old track record (37,23) on her parade route in 37,98 seconds. Over 1000 m (1:15,68) Kodaira came fourth as Olympic champion Jorien ter Mors (Netherlands/1:14,62) won. Ter Mors also set a track record. On Sunday we will run again over both distances. Ihle is aiming for a place in the top five in the overall ranking.

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