Canada's Ted-Jan Bloemen captured the gold medal in the men's 10,000 meters speedskating at Gangneung Oval on Thursday night in Olympic record time.

Bloemen, the world record-holder at the distance, clocked a winning time of 12 minutes, 39.77 seconds to break the mark set Jorrit Bergsma just minutes earlier.

Bergsma earned the silver medal, with Italy's Nicola Tumolero taking home the bronze.