Five-star Friesinger

The German superstar completed a hat-trick of 1500m successes, going off in the final heat and recording a time of 1:56.40.

It was a track record as she beat Canada's Christine Nesbitt by over a second and a half with Daniela Anschutz Thoms back in third.

Olympic 1500m champion Enrico Fabris took advantage of the absence of the Dutch contingent to win the 10,000m in 13:14.94.

With Sven Kramer and Carl Verheijen, the top two in the opening two 5000m races this season, missing the Italian took top honours by nearly a second and a half from German Tobias Schneider and go top of the overall long distance standings.