First outdoor speed skating marathon won by Irene Schouten

This video is about the speed skating women, during the first outdoor marathon race of this year, in Haaksbergen in the Netherlands today.

23-year old Irene Schouten, the Dutch champion on indoor ice, won the race, as it snowed.

Later, the men’s race started.

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