Speed skating-Italy’s Ghiotto shatters 10,000m world record in Calgary


FILE PHOTO: Speed Skating - ISU World Speed Skating Allround & Sprint Championships - Max Aicher Arena, Inzell, Germany - March 10, 2024 Italy's Davide Ghiotto reacts after his run at the men's 10000m AllRound REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth/File Photo

(Reuters) - Italy's Davide Ghiotto broke the world record in the men's 10,000 metres at the Speed Skating World Cup in Calgary on Saturday ahead of next year's Milan-Cortina Olympic Games.

The 31-year-old clocked 12 minutes 25.69 seconds to eclipse Sweden's Nils van der Poel's record in winning gold at the 2022 Beijing Olympics by over five seconds.

Ghiotto, who hails from the northern region of Veneto, not far from next year's Olympic venues, won bronze at the 2022 Games.

(Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk; Editing by Ken Ferris)

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