Czech speedskater Jilek wins the Olympic 10,000 meters gold at age 19 after silver in 5,000
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MILAN (AP) — Czech speedskater Metodej Jilek won the Olympic 10,000-meter gold at age 19 on Friday, adding to his silver in the 5,000 earlier at the Milan Cortina Games. Jilek covered the 25 laps around the 400-meter track — the equivalent of 6.2 miles, a comfortable distance for a car ride, less so for a skate — in 12 minutes, 33.43 seconds. That was more than 5 1/2 seconds faster than silver medalist Vladimir...