Chicagoan third at speedskating World Cup
BERLIN — South Korea’s Mo Tae-bum won the men’s 1,000-meter race at the final World Cup speedskating event before the Sochi Olympics, while Chicago native Shani Davis finished third.
He won in 1 minute, 9.50 seconds Saturday to edge Dutchman Michel Mulder by 0.02 seconds.
Davis had previously won all three of the season’s races. He was 0.09 seconds behind but maintains a commanding lead in the standings.
Olga Fatkulina of Russia took advantage of Olympic champion Lee Sang-hwa’s absence to win her first sprint of the season. Lee withdrew with a knee problem and Fatkulina won in 37.92 seconds, ahead of China’s Wang Beixing by 0.04.
Heather Richardson of the United States was third.
Ireen Wust of the Netherlands won the 1,500-meter race.
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