PyeongChang (South Korea) Feb 11 (IANS) Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer on Sunday bagged his third straight Olympic gold medal for the 5 000-metre event here at the PyeongChang Winter Games after striking gold at the Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014 Games.
Clocking in at 6:09.76 on Sunday Kramer beat his own Olympic record set four years ago by exactly one second reports Efe.
An eight-time world champion in the 5 000m Kramer now has the distinction of winning three gold medals in the men s event at three consecutive Winter Olympics.
The Dutchman was joined on the podium by Ted-Jan Bloemen of Canada and Sverre Lunde Pedersen of Norway.
Bloemen edged out Pedersen by two hundredths of a second to clinch the silver medal at the Gangneung Oval speed skating arena.
Kramer s first-ever Olympic medal was silver at the Torino 2006 Games where he also won bronze as a member of the team pursuit.
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