NAGANO, Japan (AP) - Shani Davis and Heather Richardson of the United States won their 1,000-meter races at the world sprint speedskating championships on Sunday.
Davis clocked a time of 1 minute, 08.96 seconds to edge Denis Kuzin of Kazakhstan by 0.58 seconds. Michel Mulder of the Netherlands was third in 1:09.96.
Richardson posted a time of 1:15.28 to win the women’s 1,000, beating China’s Hong Zhang by 0.16 seconds. Margot Boer of the Netherlands took third place with a time of 1:16.12.
The world sprint speed skating championships features 50 of the fastest sprinters in the world competing in 500 and 1,000 meter races.
Mulder won the men’s 500 race in a time of 35.12, 0.05 seconds ahead of Daniel Greig of Australia. Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan finished third in 35.28.
Jing Yu of China won the women’s 500 with a time of 37.72, adding to her win in the same event on Saturday. Boer was second 0.33 seconds behind Yu. Richardson placed third in 38.04 seconds.
Mulder won the overall men’s title, which combines results from both days of competition while Yu won the women’s title.
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