A cheeky bronze
With the Dutch brass band Kleintje Pils entertaining the crowd and with hundreds of orange-clad fans cheering their heroes, it probably should come as no surprise that the Netherlands took the gold and silver in the men's 1,000-meter race at the Utah Olympic Oval on Saturday.

Witty bounces back from mononucleosis to win Olympic gold
American Chris Witty won a gold medal in the 1,000-meter speedskating race in world-record time Sunday, bouncing back after coming down with mono just one month before the Olympics.

Voelker, Doan to face off in 1,000 meters today

Speedskating: Women's 1000 meter results

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Long-track speedskating — an enduring sport Like skiing, the sport of speedskating originally was a form of travel for residents of the north countries. More than 3,000 years ago, by some estimates, people first strapped bones or bits of wood to the bottoms of their shoes and wobbled down frozen rivers. The Vikings, especially, were very big on skating.

Long track is more exciting than most Americans think Incorporate ice and oncoming traffic into auto racing and you might have a sport that would rival the popularity of the NBA, NFL and WWF combined.

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