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[Team GB @TeamGB]

Can you believe it!?

Fire on ice as @kerstncornelius wins Britain's first World speed skating medal since 1951🤩

[Team GB @TeamGB]

From stage fright to shining bright at the Olympics.

With a shot of espresso on the way.

How @ellia_smeding became Team GB's first female long track speed skater in 42 years ✨

[Ellia Smeding @ellia_smeding]

Happy to have finished the European Sprint championships with a 3rd place on the 1000m (2) & my first (senior) international podium 😄

[Ellia Smeding @ellia_smeding]

Good weekend of racing at the first World Cup of the season in Stavanger, Norway. Going home with my best ever rankings (4th.. on the 1000m, 7th on the 1500m) in the B-group. Looking forward to another race weekend coming up at our Team Novus home rink @Thialf 💥

[British Ice Skating @BritishIceSkate]

On his way to eighth in the world🔥

Cornelius Kersten finishes the ISU Speed Skating World Cup with the best ever result for a British skater.

[Ellia Smeding @ellia_smeding]

A great end to an amazing season 😁 9th place overall at the World Sprint Championships with as best result a 6th place in the 1000m (2) 🥳

[British Ice Skating @BritishIceSkate]

Amazing result for Ellia Smeding at the ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 2022 finishing 9th! 🇬🇧

[British Ice Skating @BritishIceSkate]

It's day two of the Long Track Speed Skating World Championships.

Ellia Smeding races in the 500m and 1000m after an impressive start yesterday! Watch all the action live on the ISU YouTube channel.

#TeamBIS #SpeedSkating

[UK Longtrack @UKLtrack]

@SimonBrotherton Thank you for the great LT commentary.

[British Ice Skating @BritishIceSkate]

🤩What. A. Team🤩

6️⃣ Olympic debuts
3️⃣ top 10 finishes
⛸️Truly great ambassadors for our sport

We could not be prouder of our skaters out in Beijing.

#TeamGB #Beijing2022

[British Ice Skating @BritishIceSkate]

Incredible performance from Cornelius Kersten🔥

9th in the 1000m, the best result for a male long track speed skater for Team GB since 1964. What a way to end his Olympic debut!

#TeamGB #Beijing2022
📸Team GB/David Pearce

[British Ice Skating @BritishIceSkate]

The best ever result for a female Team GB long track speed skater at an Olympics!

Yesterday Ellia Smeding made history finishing 23rd in the 1000m.

#TeamGB #Beijing2022

[British Ice Skating @BritishIceSkate]

⛸️Tomorrow on the ice at #Beijing2022⛸️

The last time a Team GB skater will compete at these Winter Olympics. Cornelius Kersten will be on the start line in the men's long track speed skating 1000m from 08:30am in the UK.

#TeamGB

[British Ice Skating @BritishIceSkate]

She has had to wait 10 days since the 1500m but Ellia Smeding is raring to go in the Long Track Speed Skating 1000m today.

Racing starts at 08:30.

#TeamGB #Beijing2022
📸Team GB/David Pearce

[The New York Times @nytimes]

#Beijing2022 has been a lonely Olympics for most athletes. But the British speedskaters Ellia Smeding and Cornelius Kersten have each other.

“We might go on a KFC date,” Smeding said of their Valentine’s Day plans in the tightly controlled Olympic village.https://t.co/AO61oq3mKk

[Simon Brotherton @SimonBrotherton]

We caught up with GB’s 2 Speed Skaters last week, Ellia Smeding and Cornelius Kersten. Cornelius races today in the mens 500m from 8.53am UK. BBC2.

[Women’s Sports Alliance @WSportsAlliance]

Meet the history-making @TeamGB skater fuelled & funded by coffee!

@ellia_smeding becomes the first woman to represent 🇬🇧 in an Olympic long track speed-skating event since 1980 this week. We caught up with her ahead of #Beijing2022
👉 https://t.co/hxr1bjfzJC

[British Ice Skating @BritishIceSkate]

First long track speed skater for @TeamGB since 1992✔️
Best result since 1976✔️
Making a statement on your Olympic debut✔️

Not a bad day for Cornelius Kersten.

📸Team GB/David Pearce
#TeanGB #Beijing2022

[British Ice Skating @BritishIceSkate]

This is your 30 minute warning.

Head over to the National Speed Skating Oval with us to watch Cornelius Kersten become the first male long track speed skater to represent Team GB in 30 years.

📸Team GB/David Pearce
#TeamGB #Beijing2022

[UK Longtrack @UKLtrack]

Great shout out for Longtrack speedskating this morning on @ZoeTheBall Go 🇬🇧@ellia_smeding and @kerstncornelius