The 25-year-old Knegt, an Olympic bronze medallist in the 1,000m at Sochi 2014, replicated the feat of Peter van der Velde after stretching out his right leg to cross the finish line ahead of Se Yeong Park and knock the South Korean off top spot.

China's Dajing Wu finished third to secure the same position in the overall ranking, while Canada's Charles Hamelin, who started the race in third, missed out on the podium.

Earlier in the day, Park won the 1,000m event after taking advantage of a collision between Hamelin and teammate Da Woon Sin during the final lap.

Hamelin managed to hold onto the silver medal position, followed by China's Jingnan Shi in third, while Sin was penalised and fell to sixth.

Knegt and Russia's Semen Elistratov, the top two skaters in the overall classification at that point, did not score any points in the event.

South Korea's Minjeong Choi won the women's 1,000m race and 3,000m super final
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Meanwhile on the women's side, South Korea's Minjeong Choi claimed the overall classification title after triumphing in the 3,000m super final.

Choi trailed Italy's Arianna Fontana by five points going into the 27-lap race, but her victory combined with Fontana's fourth place finish saw her overturn the deficit and condemn her counterpart to the runners-up spot.

South Korea's Suk Hee Shim, the defending champion, completed the overall podium after finishing second in the super final, as Great Britain's Elise Christie dropped out of the top three.

Alang Kim, also of South Korea, came third in the super final but finished sixth in the overall standings.

Earlier in the day, Choi started as she meant to go on by winning the women's 1,000m race.

After taking the lead with five laps remaining, she crossed the finish line ahead of Christie and Fontana.

The Championships concluded with the relay finals as China claimed the men's 5,000m title and South Korea secured the women's 3,000m crown.

Despite leading after all but one lap, China's men were pushed to the wire by second-placed Hungary, who were followed by defending champions The Netherlands.

South Korea's women brought an end to China's streak of four consecutive titles, condemning their rivals to second place with Italy in third.

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