Dutch skater Visser wins 5,000 meters

Dutch speedskater Esmee Visser won gold in the women’s 5,000-meter race on Friday.

Visser finished in 6 minutes, 50.23 seconds.

Two-time defending champion Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic took silver in 6:51.85. Russian Natalia Voronina earned bronze in 6:53.98.

Claudia Pechstein of Germany finished eighth. She is a three-time champion in the 5,000.

The Dutch have won six of seven golds so far in speedskating. Their only miss was in the men’s 10,000 meters in which they took silver. course, then beat the rest of the field to the finish line.

Jacobellis finished fourth, continuing her hard-luck career at the Olympics. The world’s most decorated rider, Jacobellis has failed to return to the podium since settling for silver after an ill-advised jump in 2006 while she was clear in the lead.

Julia Pereira de Sousa Mablieau of France took silver this time, and defending champion Eva Samkova of the Czech Republic got clipped from behind and skidded across the line for bronze.

Jacobellis had about a twobody-length lead on the field when Moioli overtook her on a curve. Samkova drafted behind and pushed Jacobellis out to the edge of the course and, from there, she couldn’t gain any ground. hot form into the men’s large hill ski jumping final.

Johansson, with his trademark red handlebar mustache, led Friday’s qualifying with 131.9 points after a leap of 135 meters at Alpensia Ski Jumping Center.

He won the bronze in the normal hill last Saturday and put himself in good position for another medal in today’s large hill final.

“Fantastic day again for me for sure,” Johansson said.” Of course I take a lot of confidence from the K90 (the men’s normal hill). I feel fantastic and it’s a great thing to feel when you are here.”

Japanese teenager Ryoyu Kobayashi had the longest jump of 143.5 meters but was marked down on his landing and he finished third in qualifying behind Norwegians Johansson and Johann Andre Forfang.

Andreas Wellinger, who won gold in the normal hill competition, was fourth and defending Olympic champion Kamil Stoch was seventh.