Korea’s Mo Tae-bum poses with his 500-meter championship trophy. (Xinhua-Yonhap News)
BERLIN (AP) ― Yu Jing of China won her second 500-meter race in two days at the speedskating finals Saturday to claim the overall World Cup title.
Christine Nesbitt of Canada was third, 0.54 seconds behind, and finished 10th overall, but she made up for it later when she won the 1,500 meter race, and with it the World Cup title.
Yu followed up Friday’s success by winning the last race of the season in 37.63 seconds, with Olympic champion Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea second.
Lee also finished second overall, 70 points behind Yu who tops the standings with 960 points. World champion Jenny Wolf of Germany finished fourth, ending the season in third.
The battle for the 1,500 World Cup title all but ended before Saturday’s race when Olympic champion Ireen Wust pulled out sick. She finished second overall, 60 points behind Nesbitt on 510. There are 150 points awarded for a win.
Nesbitt won in 1 minute, 56.77 seconds. Marrit Leenstra of the Netherlands claimed the silver, 0.16 seconds behind Nesbitt, with Martina Sablikova third.
Mo Tae-bum’s second-place finish behind Dutch speedskater Michel Mulder in the men’s 500m race was enough for the South Korean to claim the overall title.
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