Dutch skater Michel Mulder narrowly wins gold medal in men’s 500m speed skating at Sochi Olympics. Netherlands conquers the podium

Dutch athlete Michel Mulder claimed the Olympic title in the 500 meter skating race in Sochi. On the ice at the Adler Arena, Mulder defeated country fellow Jan Smeekens by only 0.012 seconds difference. This is the first time in the history of the Olympics when a Dutchman gets gold in the shortest sprint distance, i.e. 500m.

The stadium was initially engulfed in confusion, because Smeekens had been mistakenly announced as the gold winner. The official times were subsequently adjusted, and not Smeekens but Michel Mulder was the one who put his arms in the air.

The first round was taken by Smeekens in 34.59 seconds as Mulder came out second (34.63). However Mulder performed beter in the second race (34.67) by contrast to Semeekens who was clocked in 34.72. With a combined time of 69.312, Mulder won just 0.012 seconds ahead of Jan Smeekens (69.324).
Track record and bronze for Ronald Mulder

Michel Mulder’s brother Ronald was sixth after the first round and had to push really hard to catch the podium. And he did it. A great race earned him a bronze medal. With 34.49 s, he set also a track record.

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The whole podium had been conquered by the Oranje back in 1998 when the 10,000m race was claimed at that time by Gianni Romme, Bob de Jong and Rintje Ritsma.

The three best sprinters of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics arrived after the Dutch trio. The Olympic champion four years ago, Tae Bum Mo finished forth (69.69) and the other Vancouver medalists got the next positions – bronze winner Joji Kato of Japan was fifth (69.74) and silver medalist and countryfellow Keiichiro Nagashima was sixth (70.040).