Overview
- Sonnekalb clocked 1:06.48 for fifth place, cutting Joel Dufter’s national 1000m mark by 0.32 seconds.
- The time met the Milan–Cortina 2026 qualifying standard, confirming his Olympic berth at the World Cup opener.
- He missed the junior world record by one hundredth of a second, as American Jordan Stolz won in 1:05.66.
- France’s Timothy Loubineaud set a 5000m world record of 6:00.23, the first speed skating world record for his country.
- Germany also saw Gabriel Gross break the national 5000m record in 6:06.75, with Fridtjof Petzold and Felix Maly placing 10th and 11th in the A group.