On the first day of the TRR2025, no less than 5 IMSSC World Records have been broken:
1. Katja Franzen broke the World Record in the L35 on the 500m, which was held by Mijke Anne Kanneworff with a time of 40.63. Katja set the new record at 40.28.
2. Katja also overtook the 1.000m record in this category. With 1.20.31 she smashed the World Record of 1.22.10, which also was held by Mijke Anne.
3. Arjan Bakker set a new World Record in the M65 on the 5.000m. With 7.18.36 he took the record from John van der Vlugt, which was since 2023 on 7.41.82.
4. Also Kees Verdouw (M80) set a new World Record on the 5.000m. With a time of 9.10.21 he took over the record from the Norwegian Arne Kjell Foldvik, which time from 9.44.28 stood since 2015!
5. Arne Kjell Foldvik, in the meantime skating in the M90, set a new World Record on the 5.000m in a time of 17.24.99.
Next to that there were skaten 3 National records:
- Klas Berlic Fras skatet a new Slovenian Record on the 500m: he broke his own record to a new time of 54.50.
- Also on the 1.000m he skated a new Slovenian Record in a time of 1.52.91.
- Erik Nijland skated a new national record for Bolivia on the 5.000m. He set the new record on 10.17.45.
Congratulations!