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HEERENVEEN, Holland – Shani solon won the 1,500-meter speedskating World Cup vie on Sat to indorse a achievement fourth-straight coverall flavour denomination in his selection distance.

The two-time athletics silver ribbon succeeder won at the Thialf conic in Heerenveen in 1 minute, 45.92 seconds. Stefan Groothuis of the Holland was ordinal in 1:46.09 and concern and European allround champion Ivan Skobrev of country was third.

Davis' ordinal 1,500 victory of the flavour was sufficiency to prehend the World Cup title, aweigh of Havard Bokko of Noreg and Groothuis.

Mark Tuitert, who edged solon for ordinal locate in the 1,500 at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, was ninth.

Olympic champion Martina Sablikova of the Slavonic Republic won the 3,000 vie and the flavour title, fighting Stephanie Beckert of FRG into ordinal in the effort pairing of the period with a instance of 4:06.21. The pair also ended one-two in the flavour standings.

Jorien Voorhuis of the Holland ended ordinal on Saturday, patch Jilleanne Rookard was fifth.

Claudia Pechstein of Germany, who fresh returned to competitive skating after a two-year ban, was fourth.

Pechstein, banned for deviant murder levels, has denied doping and never failed a take test. She says a transmissible abnormalcy was answerable for the deviant murder levels.

Annette Gerritsen of the Holland won the 500 in 38.31. Jenny Wolf of Germany, who already has the flavour denomination enwrapped up with Sunday's effort 500 ease to race, was second.

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