The 10,000-meters specialist clocked 12:39.08 to take an early lead after three of six pairs at the Milan Games. He ultimately finished second behind Czech teenager Metodej Jilek, who claimed gold to secure the Czech Republic’s first speed skating title of the Milano Cortina Games. Forty-year-old Dutch veteran Jorrit Bergsma, more than twice Jilek’s age, took bronze. Semirunnii’s Olympic medal adds to Poland’s only previous podium finish in Italy – ski jumper Kacper Tomasiak’s silver on the normal hill on Monday.