Eric Heiden had retired long ago the first time a single distance world championships was held. Back then only multiple distance world championships existed, sprint (2x500m + 2x1000m) and all around (every distance except 1000m from 500m up to 10000m). Heiden won both of these championships in the same year three times as well as an extra all around championship.
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Eric Heiden had retired long ago the first time a single distance world championships was held. Back then only multiple distance world championships existed, sprint (2x500m + 2x1000m) and all around (every distance except 1000m from 500m up to 10000m). Heiden won both of these championships in the same year three times as well as an extra all around championship.