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Koreans dominate at speedskating worlds
... time of 69.76 seconds over the two heats to edge Japan's Joji Kato by .06 seconds. World sprint champion Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands, who had the fastest time of 34.80 seconds in the first heat, was fifth in the second heat to place third. In ... Comment?
South Koreans retain 500-metre titles at speedskating worlds
... distance races to edge Japan's Joji Kato by six hundredths of a second. World Cup 500m discipline champion Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands, who clocked the fastest time of 34.80 seconds in the first heat, had a slow start in the second heat and ... Comment?
South Korea sweeps 500m speed skating titles
... distance races to edge Japan's Joji Kato by six hundredths of a second. World Cup 500m discipline champion Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands, who clocked the fastest time of 34.80 seconds in the first heat, had a slow start in the second heat and ... Comment?
Lee Sang-hwa takes speedskating World Cup 500 title
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... oval, beating Wang Beixing of China by one hundredth of a second. Thijsje Oenema of the Netherlands was third. Jan Smeekens, who won the 500 title Friday, underscored his dominance by winning his sixth straight race of the season in the distance, ... Comment?
Lee Sang-Hwa wins speedskating World Cup 500 title
... oval, beating Wang Beixing of China by one hundredth of a second. Thijsje Oenema of the Netherlands was third. Jan Smeekens, who won the 500 title Friday, underscored his dominance by winning his sixth straight race of the season in the distance, ... Comment?
Canadian women race to silver in team pursuit at speedskating World Cup
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... title with 250 points apiece with one race remaining. Gregg raced to a time of 35.29 in the 500. Dutchman Jan Smeekens won the 500 for the second time in as many days to further extend his lead in the World Cup standings. Smeekens clocked 34.96 ... Comment?
Canadian speed skaters capture silver in team pursuit
... title with 250 points apiece with one race remaining. Gregg raced to a time of 35.29 in the 500. Dutchman Jan Smeekens won the 500 for the second time in as many days to further extend his lead in the World Cup standings. Smeekens clocked 34.96 ... Comment?
Kato fourth at speedskating meet
... meters at a World Cup speedskating meet on Saturday. Kato clocked 34.51 seconds to finish 0.19 behind winner Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands. Finland's Pekka Koskela was second and Canadian Jamie Gregg was third. Nao Kodaira took a fall on a bend ... Comment?
Nesbitt and Gregg medal at World Cup Saturday
... 0.58 seconds. Gregg meanwhile ended up in third place in the men's 500m with a time of 34.369 seconds, behind Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands and Pekka Koskela of Finland. For Gregg, the third place finish was solid because he was in the fourth ... Comment?
Canada's Nesbitt, Gregg win long-track silver, bronze
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... best 34.369 seconds in the 500 metres to finish just behind Mika Poutila of Finland, who won silver in 34.361. Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands took gold in 34.32, setting a Dutch record in the process. "The result was good, but I definitely left ... Comment?
Smeekens wins men's 500m World Cup race in Calgary Saturday
... in Sochi just over a year away, don't be surprised if you see a new Olympic champion in the men's 500m event. Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands is the best speed skater in the world at the distance for the moment and on Saturday posted a personal best ... Comment?
Nesbitt and Gregg medal at World Cup Saturday
... 0.58 seconds. Gregg meanwhile ended up in third place in the men's 500m with a time of 34.369 seconds, behind Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands and Pekka Koskela of Finland. For Gregg, the third place finish was solid because he was in the fourth ... Comment?
Christine Nesbitt posts season-best time at Essent ISU speedskating World Cup
... as Finland's Pekka Koskela, but was eight one-thousands slower, thus dropping to third. The race was won by Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands. Gregg flew out of the gate in a spectacular start time of 9.54, something that pleased him no end. "It was a ... Comment?
Nesbitt, Gregg win World Cup speed skating medals at Calgary's Olympic Oval
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... skated a personal best 34.369 seconds to finish just behind Mika Poutila of Finland, who won silver in 34.361. Jan Smeekens of The Netherlands took gold in 34.32, setting a Dutch record in the process. "It kind of relaxed me. Sometimes it can tense ... Comment?
Canadians Morrison, Junio 5th in speedskating World Cup events
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... Japan's Joji Kato won with a time of 34.94 seconds, followed by Dutch skaters Ronald Mulder (35.21) and Jan Smeekens (35.27) for silver and bronze. Gregg was 14th in a time of 35.72 seconds, and Alex Boisvert-Lacroix of Sherbrooke, Que., was 19th ... Comment?
Nagashima gets first World Cup win of season in Nagano
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... clocking 35.14 seconds at Nagano M-Wave ice arena for his 11th career victory. Junio timed 35.16 and Dutchman Jan Smeekens was third with 35.18. Japan's Yuya Oikawa was sixth, Ryohei Haga was ninth and former world record holder Joji Kato was 12th. ... Comment?
Japans Nagashima wins speedskating World Cup
... beat Canada's Gilmore Junio by two hundredths of a second, clocking 35.14 seconds for his 11th career victory. Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands was third in 35.18. South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa clocked 37.60 to win the women's 500 for her fourth ... Comment?