Dash to glory
China’s Ning Zhongyan claimed his first speed skating World Cup victory of the 2022-2023 season on Friday, winning the men’s 1,000m gold in Heerenveen, the Netherlands. Ning, who opened this season with a 1,500m bronze in Stavanger, Norway on Nov 12, finished first in one minute and 07.86 seconds. Joep Wennemars took silver in front of his home crowd in 1:08.08, beating Marten Liiv of Estonia into third by 0.03 seconds.