Team Russia continues to take the ISU Speed Skating World Championship in Salt Lake City by storm, with Natalia Voronina setting a world record in the women’s 5,000m, and Pavel Kulizhnikov following suit in the men’s 1,000m.
Russian speed skating ace Kulizhnikov clocked a time of 1:05.69 to set a new mark in the 1,000m on Saturday, his second triumph in as many days after he claimed gold in the shortest speed skating distance (500m) on Friday.
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Olympic champion from the Netherlands Kjeld Nuis finished second; Canada’s Laurent Dubreuil came in third.
Natalia Voronina, who hit the ice shortly before her titled teammate, got her first taste of world championship glory.
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Voronina, who clocked a world record time of 6:39.02, became the first woman to beat 6:40.00 at that distance, a milestone in itself, and the first Russian ever to claim the women’s 5,000m gold at the world championships.
Natalia Voronina set a world record to win gold at the women’s 5000m
With her stellar performance, she beat veteran Martina Sablikova in what was the Czech’s first loss at that distance since 2007.
