Deutsche Welle, 9 February 2014
Germany's
veteran speedskating star Claudia Pechstein has failed in her first shot at a
medal at the Sochi Games. The Netherlands, meanwhile, captured another
speedskating gold.
Irene Wust
of Netherlands captured gold in the women's 3,000 meters on the speedskating
oval at the Sochi Olympics on Sunday, with a winning time of 4 minutes, 0.34
seconds over the seven and a half laps.
Martina
Sablikova of Czech Republic, who won gold in Vancouver four years ago, took the
silver medal, while Olga Graf of Russia captured the bronze, giving the host
nation their first silverware at these Winter Games.
Wust's
victory comes a day after Sven Kramer's victory in the men's 5,000 meters, as
speedskaters from the Netherlands swept the entire podium in that event.
Germany's
Claudia Pechstein, who had missed the 2010 Vancouver Games due to a
controversial doping ban, failed to reach the podium, finishing with a time of
four minutes, 5.26 seconds to come in fourth.
This had
been seen as the German team's first good chance at a medal in Sochi.
Pechstein, the world's most successful speedskater at the Olympics, with a
total of five career medals, will get a second chance to take home some
silverware at Sochi on February 19, in the women's 5,000 meters.
Austrian
gold
In alpine
skiing earlier in the day, Matthias Mayer of Austria pulled off an upset,winning the men’s downhill with a time of two minutes and 6.23 seconds. This
was Austria’s first Olympic gold medal in the downhill, since Fritz Strobel did
so at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
pfd/msh (AP, dpa)
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