Saturday's Events
The competitions began at 13:00 local time.
- 1500 m women
Wüst and Abramova finished first and second once more, with exactly the same difference in samalog points, while defending champion Pechstein, whose best World Cup ranking is in the long distance cup, advanced to third place in the allround rankings despite recording a worse placing here than on the 500 metres.
| Pos. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 1:56.78 | 1. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 78.436 |
| 2. | Yekaterina Abramova (RUS) | 1:57.98 | 2. | Yekaterina Abramova (RUS) | 79.236 |
| 3. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 1:58.08 | 3. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 79.853 |
| 4. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 1:58.34 | 4. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 79.956 |
| 5. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 1:58.64 | 5. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 79.990 |
| 6. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 1:58.66 | 6. | Yekaterina Lobysheva (RUS) | 79.993 |
| 7. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 1:58.72 | 7. | Katarzyna Wójcicka (POL) | 80.490 |
| 8. | Yekaterina Lobysheva (RUS) | 1:59.53 | 8. | Marja Vis (NED) | 80.503 |
| 9. | Marja Vis (NED) | 1:59.56 | 9. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 80.523 |
| 10. | Lucille Opitz (GER) | 1:59.77 | 10. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 80.596 |
- 1500 m men
In the final pair, Kramer bettered his personal best by nearly two seconds, thus advancing to third place on the Adelskalender. The outdoor world best mark was lowered by nearly three seconds by Fabris, who pipped Kramer to the line in the final pair, but remains 0.72 seconds behind before the final distance tomorrow, where Kramer was world record holder.
| Pos. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 1:44.72 | 1. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 109.278 |
| 2. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 1:44.86 | 2. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 109.314 |
| 3. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 1:46.19 | 3. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 111.131 |
| 4. | Ivan Skobrev (RUS) | 1:46.68 | 4. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 111.277 |
| 5. | Konrad Niedźwiedzki (POL) | 1:46.96 | 5. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 111.675 |
| 6. | Tobias Schneider (GER) | 1:47.03 | 6. | Ivan Skobrev (RUS) | 111.878 |
| 7. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 1:47.10 | 7. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 112.298 |
| 8. | Stefan Heythausen (GER) | 1:47.28 | 8. | Wouter Olde Heuvel (NED) | 112.332 |
| 9. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 1:47.34 | 9. | Tobias Schneider (GER) | 112.728 |
| 10. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 1:47.56 | 11. | Henrik Christiansen (NOR) | 113.198 |
| 11. | Wouter Olde Heuvel (NED) | 1:47.60 | 12. | Matteo Anesi (ITA) | 113.365 |
| 12. | Henrik Christiansen (NOR) | 1:47.87 | 13. | Sverre Haugli (NOR) | 113.408 |
- 3000 m women
By winning the distance, 19-year-old Sáblíková advanced seven places in the overall standings, but still needed to beat Wüst by 14.05 seconds on the final 5,000 metres. On this distance, two-thirds the length, she beat Wüst by 4.09 seconds. Renate Groenewold finished second, also advancing seven places in the allround standings, after skating in the same pair as Sáblíková and leading until two laps remained.
| Pos. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 4:03.52 | 1. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 119.704 |
| 2. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 4:04.24 | 2. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 121.109 |
| 3. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 4:07.61 | 3. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 121.302 |
| 4. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 4:08.28 | 4. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 121.370 |
| 5. | Marja Vis (NED) | 4:09.99 | 5. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 121.711 |
| 6. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 4:11.15 | 6. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 122.087 |
| 7. | Maren Haugli (NOR) | 4:11.85 | 7. | Marja Vis (NED) | 122.168 |
| 8. | Lucille Opitz (GER) | 4:12.13 | 8. | Yekaterina Abramova (RUS) | 122.367 |
| 9. | Andrea Jirků (CZE) | 4:12.51 | 9. | Lucille Opitz (GER) | 123.104 |
| 10. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 4:12.79 | 10. | Katarzyna Wójcicka (POL) | 123.211 |
| 11. | Katrin Mattscherodt (GER) | 4:15.13 | 12. | Maren Haugli (NOR) | 123.611 |
| 12. | Katarzyna Wójcicka (POL) | 4:16.33 | 16. | Andrea Jirků (CZE) | 126.591 |
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