Sunday's World Cup gold in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, the 24-year-old from the skating club Trollhättan was second in four days.

On Thursday, van der Poel took gold in the 5,000 meters and on Sunday he became world champion in the double distance, 10,000 meters.

On Twitter, the tributes did not wait.

Van der Poel also set a world record on the final day of the championship, the time of 12.32.94 in the 10,000 meters was nine tenths faster than the Canadian Graeme Fish's 12.33.86 from the World Championships in Salt Lake City, USA, last year.

"Goes his own way"

Nils van der Poel !!!

In the interviews just after his comeback, I was impressed by Nils' attitude to sports, life and courage in going his own way.

Extremely cool to now follow his progress.

World Cup gold in the 5,000 m the other day and now a world record of 10,000 m!

Unparalleled! ”, Writes Minister of Sports Amanda Lind (MP) on Twitter.

No Swedish skater had won double gold in a major international championship since Tomas Gustafson's two Olympic gold medals in Calgary in 1988. Gustafson also won Olympic gold in the 5,000 meters in Sarajevo in 1984.

Holm praises

“It feels like reliving childhood when you see a Swede break the world record for skating.

Then Tomas Gustafson.

Now Nils van der Poel.

As you have missed it without really knowing about it ", writes the Swedish athletics legend and the former high jumper Stefan Holm on Twitter.

Jorrit Bergsma, the Netherlands, took silver and Alexander Rumjantsev, the team of the Russian Skating Federation, took bronze in the 10,000 meters.

CLIP: Nils van der Poel sets world record

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Nils van der Poel.

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