In the women’s Ice Kilometer, defending champion and Queen of the IceAlisa Fatum of Germany won comfortably in 13:06:18, a bit off her IISA championship record of 13:02:39 set in 2019. But she comfortably finished nearly 30 seconds ahead of silver medalist Hanna Bakuniak of Poland 13:35:60 who was off her lifetime best time of 13:05:70.
Enjoy the final heat of the Ice Kilometer below:
IISA 4th World Championship – Women’s 1000m Freestyle – Top 10 Finishers:
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