Femke Kok won the women’s 1,000m in the Polish town, leading an all-Dutch podium in a time of 1min 17.143sec.

The 19-year-old, who is part of the Dutch team who recently broke the team sprint world record at senior level, was a clear winner with 0.82sec separating her and the silver medallist, Robin Groot.

They were joined on the podium by team-mate Marrit Fledderus, who won bronze just ahead of Canada’s Alexa Scott.

Groot would take gold later in the day in the 3,000m, getting the better of her team-mates to win in a time of 4:13.558, 

Japan's Momoka Horikawa was 3.90 back to deny another all-Dutch podium, with Merel Conijn third and Kok fourth.

In the men’s 1,000m it was gold for Norway after Peder Kongshaug broke his personal best to win in 1:10.814.

In a tight finish, six other skaters were within a second of the gold medal.

The smallest gap between skaters came between the silver and bronze medallists, who finished 0.13 and 0.14 behind Kongshaug.

South Korea’s Sang Hyeok-cho came out on top, narrowly beating Japan’s Katsuhiro Kuratsubo.

Kuratsubo was ahead of his team-mate Wataru Morishige for the bronze, with Russia’s Stepan Chistiakov completing the top five.

A Russian did win the men's 5,000m race though - Daniil Aldoshkin.

His time of 6:36.172 saw him beat The Netherlands' Yves Cornelis Vergeer by more than three seconds, while American Casey Dawson took bronze.