Jacques de Koning: "I intended a better 500. The start didn't go very well. I made a few mistakes, and that costs a few tenth. I'm not yet disappointed. I will make sure I skate a good second. It is so close, that a 15th place can be turned around like that. If you want to belong to the top, you need something better thatn my first race.

Wotherspoon skates so easy, so much control. It's pretty hard on this ice, if you push too hard, it breaks out. If he has a normal second race, he'll be world champion.