Gerdien Meijer and Kees Verdouw winners DMC2019-2020
After the final of the Dutch Masters Cup 2019-2020, Gerdien Meijer (L55) and Kees Verdouw (M75) were allowed to take home the cup and accompanying the prizes from sponsor Alpenliebe Design Hotel in Inzell.
Awesome final with five IMSSC world records!
What a turnout this final evening in Leeuwarden. No less than 87 skaters were at the start, not only from The Netherlands, but also from Norway, Germany, Great Britain and Belgium.
Just like the first DMC of this season in Thialf, also this evening many world records were broken. Gerdien Meijer was the first of the evening to break a world record. With her 500m time of 43.44 she managed to get rid of her own WR at the L55 of 43.51. WR number 2 also came from Gerdien: during the 1000m with a beautiful time of 1.25.64 she broke the record of 1.26.58 in the name of the Russian Filimonova with almost a second!
Then it was Thea Kroontje who pulverized the WR at the L75! With 5.31.82, she took almost a minute and a half off the record that had been in the name of the Russian Berezina since 2016 (6.54.33). Kees Verdouw skated in the same age class but with the men a new world record. He set the record with 5.03.01 since 2014 in the name of Toon Kooijmans at a new splendid time of 4.59.77.
That the 5km only took place after eleven in the evening did not bother Eva Riemersma at all. Still motivated, she was at the start to attack the world record in the L35. And it worked! With 8.15.88 she crossed the record with 8.22.84 until this evening in the name of Suzanne Mulder. Congratulations all with these beautiful world records!
Results final DMC
With her 1000m Gerdien managed to reach 101.10% of the WR. This earned her a third place and therefore 70 points, which in this final were doubled by 1.5 to a score of 105. In addition to the 2 × 75 points for her world records, she came to 255 points and therefore she won the DMCIII. Despite the fact that Thea Kroontje with 124.87% took the 150 points win this evening, she was 2nd overall this evening, because with 75 bonus points for her world record, she thus “only” came to 225 points. Eva Riemersma came in second place of the DMCIII with 101.40% of the WR, which earned her 120 points, and added the 75 bonus points for the world record, she came in third place of the evening with 195 points.
With the men it was Kees Verdouw who took the win for the third time this season. With his world record at the 3km he came to 101.08% of the WR, so that he achieved the 150 points for the win, plus the 75 bonus points. This earned him 225 points and thus the win of the final DMC.
With his 1500m time of 1.56.47, Arjan Elferink came in the M45 to 98.70% of the world record of 1.54.96. This earned Arjan 120 points for the 2nd place. And finally Wibe Veenbaas also managed to win the points with his 1500m time. With 2.17.55 he achieved 98.36% of the WR on the M70. 105 points for Wibe this evening.
The winners of the DMC2019-2020
Over the three DMC’s (30 November Heerenveen, 8 December Enschede and 21 December Leeuwarden) the winners are as follows:
LADIES
MEN
The best three among both the ladies and the men were not only allowed to take the cup home, but also received the corresponding prizes from our main sponsor Alpenliebe Design Hotel from Inzell from referees Dina Melis and Erik Kuiper.
Very successful DMC2019-2020
With a record number of participants, more and more foreign skaters and no less than 11 world records this edition, the DMC is indispensable and has become the favorite preparation competitions among a lot of master skaters! With reactions such as “Once again a beautiful tournament with great winners” and “Congratulations folks, they were beautiful competitions with beautiful records! It’s great that these kinds of competitions are there for the masters with so much fun and togetherness. ”, We can rightly call the DMC a successful championship! Thank you for your enthusiasm, masters. Certainly see you again next season!
Rankings and results
Written by Monique Vergeer
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