November 22, 2009
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Check out Canada's Short Track TeamNo rest for the winners"I learned at the Olympics what it's all about, and that's probably makes me want to go (back) the most," said the travel-weary silver medallist. Catriona tests her medalThey were getting, well, banged up. "There are chips on it, from me walking and them knocking against each other," reported Canada's Queen of Speed. Canada right on trackIt gave Canada nine of its 15 medals. If it had been a nation on its own, the speed skating team would have beaten 61 of the 72 countries here. And the strength was in both long-track and short-track speed skating. Bright future for CanadaFor years, the Winnipeg native was has been Canada's best -- and pretty much only -- long-track speed skater of note. But with the emergence of Saskatoon's Catriona Le May Doan and young men's stars like Kevin Overland of Kitchener, Ont., and Jeremy Wotherspoon of Red Deer, Alta., Auch says she can finish her Olympic career without concern for the team's future. Pechstein sets world recordNAGANO, Japan (AP) -- Claudia Pechstein watched teammate Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann become the first woman speedskater to break 7 minutes in the 5,000, then went out and did even better.Pechstein finished in 6:59.61 Friday to beat Niemann-Stirnemann by four-hundredths of a second and win the gold. MORE HEADLINES Archive of Olympic Long Track Stories |