Ottawa, Nov. 24 -- Femke Kok led a Dutch sweep of the top five places in the second women's 500m at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Calgary on Sunday, as the Netherlands added three more golds on the final day of competition.
The world record holder clocked 36.72 seconds to collect her sixth straight World Cup win in the distance, with Jutta Leerdam, Marrit Fledderus, Anna Boersma and Angel Daleman following her home.
As the only woman to skate under 37 seconds again, Kok felt she left time on the ice.
"Today was the worst day of all days [at the first two World Cups]. My opener was OK, but my lap was just not good," she said. "So much has happened since last week [after breaking the world record in Salt Lake City], I just felt a bit ...