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Fresh Allround World Champion Patrick Roest (NED) won the 5000m on Saturday, just missing out on the Dutch national record in 6:03.70 on his first visit to the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City.

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Patrick Roest (NED) at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)

Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) went into his race leading the World Cup rankings just one point ahead of Aleksandr Rumyantsev (RUS). The Norwegian started at Roest's pace but was not able to keep it up and eventually dropped to fifth place in 6:10.98. He thus lost the World Cup by only a 0.20 margin, with Rumyantsev coming fourth in 6:10.78.

Pedersen eventually ended up third in the final long distance World Cup. Marcel Bosker (NED) finished second in 6:08.90 and also passed Pedersen in the ranking. World record holder Ted-Jan Bloemen (CAN) finished third in 6:09.64 on Saturday.

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Tatsuya Shinhama (JPN) Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) Yuma Murakami (JPN) at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)

Tatsuya Shinhama (JPN) was the first to break a world record on Saturday in the 500m. In the fourth of six pairings, the 22-year-old Japanese sprinter was not distracted by a false start by compatriot Ryohei Haga. Shinhama opened in 9.50 seconds, adding a 24.3 full lap to finish in 33.83 seconds, 0.15 seconds faster than Kulizhnikov's 2015 mark. After a 9.67s opener in the final pairing, Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) skated an unmatched 23.9s full lap with a spotless final inner corner to clock 33.61s. Shinhama ended up second and his compatriot Yuma Murakami, who had set the fastest opener in 9.46s, took third place in 34.11s.

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Kjeld Nuis (NED) at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)

In the 1000m, not one but three men beat the world record. In a far from perfect race, Kjeld Nuis (NED) hammered out 1:06.18 to beat the ten-year-old 1:06.42 world record set by Shani Davis (USA). After Nuis his compatriot and teammate Thomas Krol (NED) also managed to stay under Shani Davis' previous world record, clocking 1:06.25 to eventually end up in second place. Kai Verbij (NED) completed an all Dutch podium in the distance. With 1:06.34 he was the third man to skate faster than the ten-year-old world record.

With his win, Nuis secured the distance World Cup, ahead of Verbij and Kulizhnikov.

Saturday, Kodaira challenged the 500m world record, but came 0.11s short of SangHwa Lee's (KOR) 2013 time, 36.36. Austrian Vanessa Herzog (36.85) and Russian Angelina Golikova (36.93) came second and third in the 500m.

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Martina Sáblíková (CZE) at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)

Martina Sáblíková (CZE) started the 3000m in the final pairing versus Isabelle Weidemann (CAN). Esmee Visser (NED) and Natalya Voronina (RUS) were in first and second place, both having set new national records with 3:54.02 and 3:54.06 respectively. Visser and Voronina had to settle for second and third place. With her win Sáblíková sealed the long distance World Cup, with Visser and Voronina again coming second and third.

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Miho Takagi (JPN) at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)

Japan’s Miho Takagi and Nao Kodaira set the pace in the Ladies' 1000m. Both were faster than Kodaira's 2017 world record of 1:12.09. Takagi had the final inner corner and chased Kodaira down to stop the clock at 1:11.71. Kodaira finished in 1:11.77.

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Brittany Bowe (USA) at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)

Brittany Bowe (USA) skated straight after the two Japanese ladies had stunned the crowd with their blistering pace. Takagi and Kodaira had to settle for second and third place in the distance as well as in the final World Cup ranking.

Four ladies skated under the 1500m world record by Heather Bergsma, who set 1:50.85 at the Utah Olympic Oval in 2015, but only one broke the magic 1:50 barrier. Brittany Bowe (USA) was the first to break Bergsma's time, clocking 1:50.32 in the fourth pairing versus Yekaterina Shikhova (RUS), who also finished under the previous world record, crossing the line in 1:50.63.

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Brittany Bowe(USA) Miho Takagi (JPN) Yekaterina Shikhova (RUS) at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)

Miho Takagi took on Wüst in the final pairing and proved to be the best in combining speed and stamina in the middle distance. Leaving the World Champion behind, Takagi stopped the clock after 1 minute and 49.83 seconds. With 1:50.70 Wüst was also faster than the previous world record but she did not even end up on the podium.

Bowe concluded the season on top of the final ranking in the 1500m. Takagi finished second in the World Cup ranking. Wüst was third.

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Nao Kodaira (JPN) at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)

Nao Kodaira (JPN) also took gold in Sunday's 500m when she stopped the clock at 36.49. Herzog finished in 36.83 to take third place in the distance, behind Olga Fatkulina (RUS) who was two thousands of a second faster in the final pairing.

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Vanessa Herzog (AUT) at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)

With her bronze medal Herzog secured the 500m World Cup. Kodaira, who won all World Cup races she skated this season, ended up in second place because she had skipped three races. Fatkulina took third place in the final 500m ranking.

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Irene Schouten (NED) at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)

Irene Schouten (NED) surprised herself by winning the final Ladies’ Mass Start event. Schouten kept Bo-Reum Kim (KOR) and Ivanie Blondin (CAN) at bay in the final sprint. With her second place on Sunday Kim secured the Mass Start World Cup, with Schouten second and Francesca Lollobrigida (ITA), who finished fourth on Sunday, in third place.

Kjeld Nuis went in the second pairing of the 1500m, facing compatriot and teammate Thomas Krol (NED). The two Dutchmen started at a ferocious pace and clocked split times more than half a second under Denis Yuskov's (RUS) 2017 world record. The fast beginning came at a price, however as both men struggled in the final corner. Nuis eventually finished in 1:40.17, edging Krol by 0.36 seconds. Yuskov, with 1:41.49, managed to take bronze in the distance, which was enough to take home the 1500m World Cup. Min-Seok Kim (KOR), who finished fifth in 1:42.54, came second in the distance ranking and Nuis took third place.

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Kjeld Nuis (NED) at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)

Having already broken the 34-second barrier in 33.83 on Saturday, Tatsuya Shinhama (JPN) shaved another 0.04 seconds off his personal best to set 33.79 on Sunday. None of the other sprinters were able to match the 22-year-old. Min Kyu Cha (KOR) came second in Sunday's 500m, clocking 34.03, while Yuma Murakami (JPN) took third place in 34.10.

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Tatsuza Shinhama (JPN) at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Final 2019©International Skating Union (ISU)

Despite his twelfth place on Sunday, Kulizhnikov took the season's 500m World Cup, with Shinhama in second place and Håvard Lorentzen (NOR), who was fifth in 34.28 on Sunday, in third place.

The 2018/19 season came to a conclusion with an exciting Mass Start race in which an attacking strategy paid off. Ryosuke Tsuchiya (JPN) and Vitaly Mikhailov (BLR) escaped early in the race and managed to lap the pack. Tsuchiya won the final sprint, with Mikhailov coming second. Simon Schouten (NED) won the sprint of the peloton to take third place.

Cheon-Ho Um (KOR), who finished ninth, won the Mass Start World Cup. Bart Swings (BEL) and Ruslan Zakharov (RUS) came second and third respectively.