Davide Ghiotto of Italy, center and gold medal, Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands, left and silver medal, Ted-Jan Bloemen of Canada, right and bronze medal, celebrate on the podium of the 10,000m Men event of the Speedskating Single Distance World Championships at Thialf ice arena Heerenveen, Netherlands, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Skating in the second of six pairs, Bloemen posted a time of 13 minutes, 1.84 seconds in the 25-lap race. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Peter Dejong
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.
Canada concludes the world championships with seven total medals.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 5, 2023.
