Ted-Jan Bloemen of Calgary will end his Olympic speed skating career with one medal over 5,000 metres, a silver in 2018, after placing 13th in the men’s event on Sunday in Italy.
39-year-old Dutch-born athlete, who was 13th, will also race 10,000m in Italy
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Ted-Jan Bloemen of Calgary will end his Olympic speed skating career with one medal over 5,000 metres, a silver in 2018, after placing 13th in the men’s event on Sunday in Italy.
The 39-year-old Dutch-born athlete covered 12 1/2 laps at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in six minutes 17.97 seconds.
Norway’s Sander Eitram won in an Olympic-record 6:03.95. Metodej Jilek of Czechia captured silver (6:06.48) and Riccardo Lorello took bronze before the home crowd in 6:09.22.