Strange he chose not to go again...

@@sallerterrer1285 Hi Saller, well maybe not so strange... The Dutch commentary by the former skating coach Leen Pfrommer offered an explanation: according to the rules, the second time would have stood - not the best of the two. Quite possibly, Jan Egil could have Improved on his 39,97 but It would have required another burst of energy and that before he is due to to go and run his race on the 5 km. He may have decided to save his energy for the 5k. Either way, how did he land on his feet after jumping up to avoid Jan Junell, keep his balance, carry on with Thethe sprint and still clock in under 40 seconds? Never seen anything like this in skating since.

@@EmmaPeelman the norwegian comments said (during Storholts 5000m) that the reason was that he did not want to postpone the championship further.

@@sallerterrer1285 Oh right. Whatever the reason, thank you very, very much for posting these recordings anyway! Takk.