Sven Kramer wins men's 5,000 speedskating gold
Posted: 02.13.2010 at 5:52 PM
Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer  / AP photo
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RICHMOND, British Columbia (AP) — Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer wins the gold medal in the men's 5,000 meters at the Olympic Oval.

The 23-year-old pre-race favorite won Saturday in a new Olympic record of 6 minutes, 14.60, shaving six hundredths of a second off Jochem Uytdehaage's record set at altitude in Salt Lake City in 2002.

Lee Seung-Hoon of South Korea was second in 6:16.95, and Ivan Skobrev of Russia was third in 6:18.05.


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