Joep Wennemars on winning 1000m speed skating world title 21 years after his father: “I’ve carried that name since I was a kid”

Joep Wennemars, son of Dutch Olympic bronze medallist speed skater Erben Wennemars, stunned the skating world with a sensational 1000m world title victory. Now, exactly 20 years after his father’s Olympic success, he is aiming for glory at Milano Cortina 2026.