Sven Who celebrated his good time on the 5 miles on Friday with the national championship distances, in a Vessel with a finger to his lips. The twintigvoudig English afstandskampioen proved to be in second place behind Patrick, and Rust, and that he can do it with the top of the world.

“There’s a lot of talk, and speculated about where I am,” said the 33-year-old, Who once he is on the 5,000 m by 6.10,91, the sixth time it had ever been used for skating in Heerenveen, the netherlands. “Some things are bigger than they are, it may not always be an accurate picture is painted. But, in the end what matters are the results.”

the results were, in the past year and a half, is not always the case as well, after all the Fries in the twelve seasons and this can be seen in the langebaanschaatsen. This winter, he started with a third place in the 5km at the qualifying tournament for the World Cups, and after the thirteenth place in Minsk, have been the worst result ever posted in the 5,000-meter wereldbekerverband.

the Explanations there were for sure, because Who is struggling for years with pain in the back. In addition, he walked to the middle of October with a workout with a knee injury in a collision with a car. It’s made in the past few months, doubts over the form of a Frieze, also in the outside world.

“It’s the finger to my mouth, it was not personal,” said Kramer, on Friday in the Vessel. “I try to be as much as possible of my good rides, and it’s not always that easy. It’s 5 miles was a win for me. Yes, I’ve had my legs and let them talk.”

in The NR-stage, 5,000-meters, with Sven Kramer, Patrick Rust, and Artistic director, moscow police say. (Foo: a Pro-Shots).

” I knew it was getting better, went out of the

, Who demonstrated last week in a trainingswedstrijd with a track record in the 3-km version of the all kind of growing up, after that, after the 5,000-meter in There for more than a month of no contest, had skated.

“I know that it’s continuing to improve,” said the driver of a Jumbo-Visma. “You know, I’m fickle and I have ever had, the next day was very good and the very bad. Fortunately, that was not the case today. I am very happy with this race and with the way I skated myself.”

Who knows, that for some time he has to learn to cope with his back injury. If he’s already had a surgery to undergo, it will, in any case, not during the season, it will happen. “It will allow you to do everything as well as quite as possible. That is very good. But, I have a recovery which is less likely than in the past, and will need good care of myself.”

“That doesn’t mean that I will not have a hard drive, but I have some different approach. But, in the end, we are now in the tournament, where it will go, it will fall to the World Cups, do not. So, this race is very, very good.”

Patrick Rust and win the title in the 5 km. (Photo: Pro-Shots).

Roest: ‘the Job was closer to me than the last two years,

, Who was on the opening day of the championship distance, however, for Rust, for is sort. The world-champion all-round and win the title by, 6.09,79, to bells, all of it, he saw that his team-mate but for a little more than a second slower and was right.

“the Job is closer to me than he has in the past two years has been,” concluded the 24-year-old Rust. “It was quite a struggle for me.”

Lekkerkerker, saw the last few weeks that the Subject is becoming stronger. “I don’t know what the Job is, and that behind his back for long periods of time, on the order, but it is now good to go and it’s right back on the ice to show for it. I knew that he was dangerous in his day.”

Eventually, the Rust will still be the winner in the battle between two of the Jumbo-Visma-top as he is to his team-mate was performed. “Today I was better, but I’ve also seen it as the other way round as I’m having a bad day and have a Job, a very good day. Therefore, it is important to stay focused.”

See also: Overview: the Results and the program’s national championships distances