Canada captures gold, silver in speed skating
Posted March 13, 2011 5:05 pm.
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
INZELL, Germany — Canada’s women’s team won the women’s pursuit, while the men claimed silver Sunday at the world single-distance speedskating championships.
Christine Nesbitt of London, Ont., and Winnipeg’s Brittany Schussler and Cindy Klassen crossed in a time of two minutes 59.74 seconds.
The Dutch team was second, with the German trio taking bronze.
Canada’s men’s team of Denny Morrison of Fort St. John, B.C., Lukas Makowsky of Regina, and Mathieu Giroux of Montreal raced to a time of 3:41.85.
The United States won the gold in 3:41.72, while the Netherlands took bronze in 3:43.44.
Jenny Wolf of Germany won the women’s 500-metre title for the fourth straight year. The world-record holder won the first race in 37.98 seconds and defended her position in the second when she posted a time of 37.95 seconds.
Olympic champion Lee Sang-Hwa of South Korea was second, finishing 38.14 in the first race and 38.03 in the second.
China’s Wang Beixing claimed the bronze with times of 38.35 and 38.04.
Lee Kyou-hyuk of South Korea won the men’s event for his fourth gold in the event, clocking times of 34.78 and 34.32 seconds.
The 32-year-old Lee also won in 2007, ’08 and ’10, making him one of four male skaters to win the championships four times.
Joji Kato of Japan finished second with times of 34.90 and 34.52, while Jan Smeekens took bronze. The Dutchman was fastest in the first race with 34.77, but slipped to third when he clocked 34.66 in the second.
Edmonton’s Jamie Gregg was sixth with runs of 35.00 and 34.96 seconds.
