Ski World Cup – Bart teeters in sixth at the start of the block

(Belga) Bart Swings finished sixth in the mass start (mass start) of the third stage of the Speed ​​Skating World Cup on Sunday in Calgary, Canada.

With 38 points, Swings had to settle for sixth place in a race won by Italian Andrea Giovanni (60 points). He was preceded by New Zealander Peter Michael (54) and Kazakhstan’s Vitaly Zhigolev (48). In the general classification, Swings remains fourth with 167 units, behind Giovanni (197), Dutchman Bart Holwerf (185) and South Korean Jae Won Chung (172), respectively in 17th and 5th place on Sunday in the final. On Saturday, Lovaniste finished sixth in the 5000m with a time of 6:14.107. On Friday, he started the Canadian weekend with a 12th-place finish in the 1,500-meter race with a time of 1:44.424. In the women’s mass start, Sandrine Tass took sixth place with 38 points. Dutch Irene Schouten won with 60 points, ahead of American Mia Kilburg (54) and her compatriot Marijke Gronod (48). In the World Cup standings, Tass is eighth with 142 points while Skoten is leading (228), ahead of Groeneud (220). The Speed ​​Skating World Cup will remain in Calgary for another week as the Canadian city of Alberta hosts the fourth of six World Cup stops from Friday to Sunday. Favorite