Friday 10 to Sunday 12 January 2020 will take place in Thialf, Heerenveen, the European Championships Distance Skating. The program is in this blog.

Friday 10 January

The tournament starts at 19:30 with the 1500 meters for ladies. For the Netherlands, Ireen Wust, Melissa Wijfje and Joy Beune with me. They ride in the last three (out of ten) rides.

The largest competitor in advance is the Russian Yekaterina Shikhova. Her personal record is 1:50 .63.

In the last ride against Beune, the Russian rides to the bronze in 1:55 .31. That's 0.09 slower than her silver compatriot Evgeniia Lalenkova, But the first title at this tournament goes to our compatriot Ireen Wust in 1:54 .88. The female becomes 4th and Beune 7th.

At 20.30 hours with the1500 meters for menon the program. Here, too, the three Dutch will come into action in the last three stages. They are Koen Verweij, Thomas Krol and Patrick Roest. They ride in the last three (out of ten) rides. The Russian Denis Yuskov is one of the biggest competitors based on his personal record - 1:41 .02.