Belgium's Lemmelijn notched 5min 41.7sec to take gold for the second year running, beating the 5:42.5 posted by Russia’s Alexander Vyazovkin.

Joel Naukkarinen of Finland placed third in 5:46.1.

The open women's 2,000m featured a one-two-three for China, led by Zhang Peixin with her time of 6:43.3.

Lv Yang placed second in 6:47.1, while a 6:51.3 from Xu Xingye earned third place.

In the men's open 500m race, Britain's Phil Clapp secured his third consecutive gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in 1:11.6, fending off a challenge from Canada's Cameron Wharram, who was 0.3sec slower.

Slovakia's Anton Grassl placed third with his 1:13.0 effort, pipping the United States' Nicholas Thomas to the final podium position.

Bianca Piloseno of the US came out on top in the open women's 500m with a time of 1:27.3, with Britain's Jade Lally taking silver in 1:28.7 and bronze going to China's Sun Fengjiao in 1:30.0.

Javier Reja Muñoz of Spain set two world records in men's PR1 2,000m and 500m.

He clocked 7:23.2 in the first of those events, and 1:38.4 in the second.

Slovakia's Milan Lackovič achieved the same feat in the men's PR3 500m with his time of 1:19.3, as did American Matthew Houser in 1:30.4 in the men's PR3-II 500m.

Alberto Quagliato of Italy won the men's PR2 500m in 1:33.4.

Quagliato also triumphed over 2,000m, with Russia's Anton Voronov taking the PR3 gold over the longer distance and Brayan Vinicio Quinquiguano Tonato of Ecuador the PR3-II equivalent.

The women's PR1 500m title was taken by Algeria's Nedjoua Gharbi in 2:06.2, with Latvia's Zanna Cveckovska clocking 1:56.4 on her way to victory in the PR2 class, Russia's Valentina Zhagot 1:45.0 in the PR3 and Bronte Marshall of Australia 1:55.9 in the PR3-II.

Marshall also triumphed over 2,000m, with Germany's Sylvia Pille-Steppat coming out on top in the PR1 and Ludovica Tramontin of Italy in the PR3.

Competitors participated from their homes and competed on Concept2 indoor rowing machines.