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Peter Michael takes first in speed skating race
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As expected Kapiti's world champion Peter Michael proved a class above when he took out the first of the speed skating Southern Marathon Series at the Timaru International Motor Raceway.
Held in damp, foggy conditions Michael won solo in 1 hour 13 minutes and 43.05 seconds, lapped second placed Ollie Jones of Christchurch and put two on master skaters Andrew Nicholson and Brett McCormack.
Nicholson, a former winter Olympian, was very impressive in his first comeback race for many years.
South Canterbury's best finisher was youngster Nick Frame, ahead of Jonathan Swindells.
Attempting to mix it with the men early on, Timaru's Annaliese Le Roy won the women's 42km race in 1 hour 29 minutes, 52.93 seconds.
Le Roy did not have it all her own way as only two metres separated her from Oceania cadet star Tyla Smith, from Temuka, and Ariana Snook in an impressive performance.
Jan Kuepper took out the cadet boys' half marathon with Jazmyn McAuley the girls, in slow run races.
Kuepper won in 49m 26.76s from Kaylum McAuley and Scott Hall while McAuley stopped the clock in 49m 46.52s, defeating Charlotte Clarke by a metre, with Anuska Narkar from India third.
The primary girls 10km was taken out by the determined Isobel Hill, from Pippa Nevin and Erin Wood while AJ Caldwell won the boys' race.
The novice 10km was taken out by Samantha Clarke and Ryan Clarke.
- The Timaru Herald
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© 2014Zhang Hong upsets the Dutch in 1,000-meter speed skating race -
Feb. 13, 2014 at 10:56 AM
SOCHI, Russia, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Zhang Hong of China pulled off a significant surprise Thursday with a victory in the women's Olympic 1,000-meter speed skating race.
Zhang had finished no better than sixth in any World Cup appearance this season and when the starting order was put together for Thursday's race she was placed in the seventh of the 18 pairs that competed at the Olympic skating oval.
The top-ranked skaters are usually placed among the final few pairings in a speed skating event.
Zhang turned in a stunning time of 1:14.02, which was more than three seconds faster than any of the skaters who had gone before.
It was clear that her time would contend for a medal and it wound up being fastest of all.
Irene Wust and Margot Boer, two members of the juggernaut speed skating team from the Netherlands, won the silver and bronze medals. Wust had won gold earlier in these Olympics in the 3,000-meter race and Boer captured the bronze over 500 meters.
Wust was timed in 1:14.69 and Boer in 1:14.90.
Hong completed a big day for China in the world of speed skating. In the women's short-track 500-meter event Li Jianrou avoided a three-skater crash to win the gold medal.
The women's 1,000-meter race was only the second of six speed skating competitions in the Olympics that was not won by a skater from the Netherlands.
Even though the Dutch could not win the gold in this race, they have grabbed 12 of the 18 medals handed out thus far in the sport. Those 12 medals represent the entire Olympic collection for the Netherlands.
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