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Kjeld Nuis sets speed skating record
STORY: The Dutch speed skating Olympic champion Kjeld Nuis followed his sporting success in Beijing with another remarkable achievement: a new speed record. He recently broke the 100 km/h mark in Norway. “I ran a world record. I did 103 kilometers per hour. Four years ago it was 93. The last part was really hard. It sounds like a small thing, but it was really hard to do. I’m literally over it Ice flew. There was a little bump, I flew, it was a crazy feeling. I gave it my all. When we were 92 km/h I started to sprint and then I heard Erben scream, so I knew I, that’s it. I’m super proud.” Erben Wennemars is a former Dutch speed skater who was present when 32-year-old Kjeld set the record on a 3km natural ice rink on Norway’s Savalen Lake. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Dutchman Kjeld Nuis won the gold medal in the 1,500 m distance.
The Dutch speed skater and Olympic champion managed 103 km/h on a natural ice rink in Norway.