Brittany Bowe closed out her ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships run on Sunday in Heerenveen, Netherlands, with her best world championship result in the 1500m in six years, claiming the silver medal and proving she is a double medal threat heading into next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics.
Ragne Wiklund was the surprise winner in 1:54.613 to become the first Norwegian women’s world champion at any distance in the competition’s 25-year history. This is the 20-year-old’s first World Cup or world championship medal. Bowe, 32, was 0.42 seconds back in 1:55.034, followed closely by 2020 bronze medalist Russian Evgeniya Lalenkova (1:55.