Jasper Krommenhoek wins 5,000 metres at World Cup qualifier

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Jasper Krommenhoek won the 5,000 metres at the World Cup qualifying tournament in Heerenveen in a personal best of 6:10.83. He finished ahead of Marcel Bosker and Wisse Slendebroek; Bosker’s time was reported as 6:11.10 in a later report. Jorrit Bergsma placed fourth, followed by Sil van der Veen in fifth.

Krommenhoek, Bosker, Slendebroek, Bergsma and Van der Veen qualified for the World Cup. Stijn van de Bunt, Beau Snellink, Chris Huizinga and, according to a single report, Daan Gelling did not qualify. Huizinga recorded 6:22.46 after starting too quickly, according to one report.

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