Sports briefs
Fredricks wins 500-meter race in upset
BERLIN (AP) — Tucker Fredricks upset the favored South Koreans to win the 500-meter race Sunday for his sixth career speedskating World Cup victory.
Fredericks clocked 35.06 seconds to edge Lee Kang-seok and Lee Kyou-hyuk, who were both timed in 35.10, with Lee Kang-seok getting second place on a photo finish.
There was another American victory when Shani Davis set a course record in winning the 1,500 meters. Davis, the 1,000-meter Olympic champion, covered the distance in 1 minute, 44.47 seconds in the opening meet of the season.
Davis was more than a second faster than Havard Bokko of Norway, who took second in 1:45.56. Denny Morrison of Canada was third in 1:45.69.
Christine Nesbitt of Canada equaled the course record in winning the women's 1,500 in 1:55.54. Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic was second in 1:56.99 and another Canadian, Brittany Schussler, third in 1:57.26.
Jenny Wolf of Germany posted her 41st World Cup victory and broke the course record in winning the 500 in 37.52 seconds. Wang Beixing of China was second in 37.94 and Annette Gerritsen of the Netherlands took third in 38.27.
Reutter wins 1,500 meters at World Cup
MONTREAL (AP) — Katherine Reutter of the United States won the women's 1,500 meters at the short track speedskating World Cup event on Saturday, and U.S. star Apolo Anton Ohno took second in the men's 500.
Charles Hamelin of Canada held off Ohno to win the 500 in 41.576 seconds. Ohno finished in 41.807 and fellow American Jeff Simon was third in 41.870.
Earlier, Hamelin won the 1,500, finishing in 2 minutes, 19.220 to edge Si-Bak Sung of South Korea by 0.001 of a second. Travis Jayner of the United States placed third in 2:19.560.
"I think the message is starting to be sent that the Canadians are really strong on pretty much all the distances," said Hamelin, the world-record holder in the 1,000 and a member of Canada's silver-medal winning 5,000 relay team at the Turin Games.
Ohno failed to qualify for the 1,500 final after placing fourth in his semifinal heat. Only the top two skaters advance.
Reutter finished in 2:23.275 seconds to beat Ha-Ri Cho of South Korea. Cho crossed in 2:23.349 and Liu Qiuhong of China was third in 2:23.371.The skaters are working to secure spots in Olympic competition this February in Vancouver. The results from this week will be combined with rankings next weekend in Marquette, Mich.
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