Record-setters

At the Essent World Cup held at the Olympic Oval in Kearns this past week, Manli Wang, China, below left, won the gold medal in the women's 500 meter. She bettered a Chinese record with a time of 37.28. At right, Dino Gillarduzzi continues to skate after his competitor, Jacques de Koning, falls during the men's 500 meter. USA's Shani Davis, below right, set a new world record in the 1,000 meters at 1:07.03. "I just wanted to get a personal record," he said on Sunday, the final day of the competition. "To race hard and get a world record wasn't really my goal. I just wanted to improve my (Olympic) qualifying for the 1,000." In all, six world records were set on the Kearns ice. The American long track speedskaters will be back at the Olympic Oval in late December for the U.S. Championships. Then in early January, the North American Long Track Championships will be held. These are the final tune-ups leading up to the Olympics in Torino, Italy, in February.