Shani Davis sets Olympic Oval record in winning men’s 1,000 meters at speedskating World Cup

By AP
Sunday, December 6, 2009

Davis wins men’s 1,000 at speedskating World Cup

CALGARY, Alberta — American star Shani Davis set the track record in winning the men’s 1,000 meters on Sunday at the World Cup, while Canadian speedskater Christine Nesbitt won a pair of gold medals and helped set a world record.

Davis finished in 1 minute, 6.91 seconds at the Olympic Oval, well ahead of Lee Kyou-Hyuk of South Korea in 1:07.61. Denny Morrison of Canada was third in 1:07.77.

Nesbitt won the women’s 1,000-meter race in 1:14.03, then teamed with Kristina Groves and Brittany Schussler to set the world record in the team pursuit.

Their time of 2:55.79 was 25-hundreds faster than the mark that Daniela Anschutz Thoms, Annie Friesinger-Postma and Claudia Pechstein set in 2005.

Annette Gerritsen of the Netherlands was second in the women’s 1,000 in 1:14.48, and Monique Angermueller of Germany third in 1:14.68. The top American was Jennifer Rodriguez in seventh.

Japan was second in women’s pursuit in 2:59.79, while Germany took bronze in 3:00.25.

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