Team sprint (3 laps), women

What to remember

The Netherlands set the benchmark for the women's team sprint on 13 February 2020 in Salt Lake City. Femke Kok, Jutta Leerdam and Letitia de Jong covered the three laps in 1 min 24.02 s at the 2020 World Single Distances Championships.

The event is a young one. Team sprint first appeared on the World Cup calendar in the 2015-16 season; the first such race, on 14 November 2015, was won by Japan. The ISU only recognised a first official world record at the Calgary World Cup on 1 December 2017, and the event joined the European Championships from 2018.

Femke Kok specialises in the sprint distances. Her French profile mentions two world titles in the team sprint in the early 2020s, and at the 2026 Winter Olympics she won gold in the 500 metres.