European Championships: Sven Kramer, king of the 10k
10,000 m at the Essent ISU European Speed-Skating Championships in Budapest (Hungary)
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Dutch Sven Kramer easily won the final of the 10,000 m at the Essent ISU European Speed-Skating Championships in Budapest (Hungary). He finished in 13:45.05, with more than seven seconds ahead of his compatriot Jan Blokhuijsen (13:52.48). The 3rd place went to Norwegian HÄvard Bokko in 14:02.83. The French Alexis Contin is just off the podium, he made a time of 14:05.84.
Note the nice seventh place of the Belgian Bart Swings in 14:19.14 after a few months of ice-skating. 4 Dutch are ranked in the top 6!