Historical enterprise of Davide Ghiotto that on the ice of the Olympic Oval of Calgary He established the world record of 10,000 meters in speed skating, stopping the chronometers on 12’2’25 “70, demolishing by five seconds the previous limit that the Swedish Nils Van der Poel had established on the occasion of the Beijing 2022 Olympics.
Ghiotto, fifth victory in the cup
Ghiotto, 31 years old, Vicentino delle Fiamme Gialle, in the 25 laps it was very regular by skating 24 between 29.1 and 29.9, therefore always under 30 seconds. The one obtained on the track that in 1988 hosted the Olympic games, is the fifth individual victory of Ghiotto in the World Cup, the sixteenth podium in the international circuit. Davide about 10,000 meters has been unbeaten since January 28, 2023.
“A dream that comes true”
The blue, opposite in his battery to the Norwegian battery Sander Eretem, did not pay attention to the opponent (he concluded third in 12.38.04), inserted the fourth and then the fifth march and, skating after skating, hit the business. The audience present on arrival paid him a standing ovation. “It is a dream that comes true – said Ghiotto, graduated in philosophy at the University of Trento – in these three years (from Beijing, editor’s note) I have worked very hard, it was a fantastic day but I will work more to improve me there Next year. bicycle”.
Last autumn, the blue had established the world record, in Inzell in Bavaria, but his 12,26.30 was not approved for the absence of an international jury. Ghiotto at the Olympic Games in Milan Cortina 2026 points to two individual medals, 5000 and 10,000 meters.
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