Kjeld Nuis blazed to victory in the men's 1,000-metre speedskating final and took gold for the Netherlands at the 2018 Winter Olympics on Friday by four-hundredths of a second.
A field of 36 skaters took to the ice for the final, but the best was saved for last as Nuis poked over the line in a winning time of one minute, 7.95 seconds.
Havard Lorentzen of Norway and Kim Tae Yun of South Korea clinched silver and bronze medals, respectively, but Lorentzen's winning time pitched him above the competition.
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