Femke Kok Did not Expect to set a track record in Thialf on the 1,500 meters on Saturday Evening. The 25-year-old Frisian Clocked 1: 52.69 in a practice match.
“When I Crossed the Finish Line, People Shouted: You’ve Set A Track Record. I Thought: What Are they Saying? I Really Wasn’t Thinking about It At All,” Kok Told the Nos .
What is particularly special about the track record is that Kok Skated Her First 1,500 meters in Thialf in Two Years. As a junior, She Once Gold at the World Championships in the 1,500 meters, but then decided to focus on the 500 and 1,000 meters.
“I always looked up to the 1,500 meters. I never really liked the distance I was really good at it. I liked the 500 and 1.000 meters better.
Kok not only broke the track record, which had Stood at 1: 52.95 Since 2022 and was hero by Antoinette Rijpma-De Jong. But She was also more than Five Seconds Faster Than Her Personal Record.
Kok was Three Times World Champion at 500 meters
The Question is Whether Kok Will Focus More on the 1,500 meters After the track record. Towards The Olympic Games in February in Milan, She is Mainly Considered A Favorite in the 500 meters.
Kok Has won the World Title Three Times and the European Title Twice in that distance. She is Still Waiting for Her First Olympic Medal. At the 2022 games in Beijing, she finished sixth in the 500 meters.