van der Poel needs to take in 21 seconds on the final 10000 meters

There is now a difference of just over points before the final 10,000 meters, which means 21.72 seconds.

At the Olympics, van der Poel was 13 seconds ahead of Roest.

Bart Swings won the 1500 meters in 1.46.03 and Roest was second in 1.46.48.

van der Poel was tenth at 1.48.13.

After the race, they smiled at each other and had fun on the isoval.

- It was probably a couple of tenths too much, says Viaplay's commentator, the one for the big boxer Tomas Gustafson, and van der Poel's starting position.