Speedskating
Published 4:00 am Monday, February 9, 2009
• Kramer, Sablikova win speedskating golds: Sven Kramer won his third straight men’s gold medal to match a feat last accomplished by Eric Heiden of the U.S., in 1979, and Martina Sablikova won her first women’s title at the World Allround Speedskating Championships in Hamar, Norway, on Sunday. Heiden, a U.S. men’s speedskater regarded as the best in history, won three straight gold medals beginning in 1977. U.S. skaters Trevor Marsicano and Chad Hedrick, a former inline skater from Texas who led a 1-2 United States finish in the last worlds at Hamar in 2004, finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the men’s event.