The 7th edition of the FISU World University Championships Speed Skating took place in a venue legendary to the sport, the Viking Ship in Hamar, Norway, with skaters from 13 nations competing. It was the home Norwegians, who would delight their flag waving supporters winning 12 medals, including five gold. Poland and Japan also had strong championships winning nine and eight medals respectively. A FISU record was broken in the mixed team relay by the Czech duo of Katerina Kainova and Tomas Bohumsky in a time of 3:07.37.
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Image Gallery (courtesy Leonie Richarz)
