Nuis takes 1,000m gold as Dutch continue dominance of speed skating

Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - The Netherlands‘ Kjeld Nuis claimed gold in the men‘s 1,000-metre speed skating in Pyeongchang on Friday, adding to the 1,500m gold he won on Tuesday to become only the third man to win both events at a single Olympic Winter Games.Nuis clocked 1 minute 7.95 seconds to seal victory by just four-hundredths of a second from Norway‘s Havard Lorentzen to seal a seventh speed-skating gold at the Games for the dominant Dutch.South Korea‘s Kim Tae Yun, who took bronze, had previously sent the home crowd into raptures as he briefly led.Nuis‘s win sees him emulate America‘s Eric Heiden and Canada‘s Gaetan Boucher, who won both 1,000m and 1,500m gold in 1980 and 1984 respectively.