“It was an average good ride and not a fantastic ride. You actually want to put it here,” Scheperkamp, proud member of Skating Association Zeist, looked back on his race, which took him 34.73 seconds. Winner Tingyu Gao scored 34.32. Scheperkamp said in the run-up to the game that he already expected 34.3 as the winning time. “I had that time right, yes. But not mine,” he joked. “If I see this and see the Chinese going crazy, then I want that too. Only it might be a little too early.”