The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesAugust 8-24 2008
OTTAWA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Anni Friesinger of Germany and Denny Morrison of Canada won their 1,000m races respectively on the final day of a World Cup meet in Calgary, Canada on Sunday.
Friesinger, third at last year's Turin Winter Olympics in the event, won the event in 1 minute and 13.49 seconds.
Canada's Christine Nesbitt finished second in 1:14.14 and Italy's Chiara Simionato third, another .01 of a second behind.
Morrison won the men's 1,000m title in 1:07.25 with countryman Jeremy Wotherspoon second in 1:07.31 to keep his World Cup overall lead and Dutchman Simon Kuipers third in 1:07.39.
Korean Lee Kyou-Hyuk was fourth in 1:07.40 with reigning Olympic champion Shani Davis of the United States another .01 back. Davis was the first black athlete to win an individual gold medal with his 2006 Turin triumph.
Canada won the men's pursuit while Germany took the women's race. Both were the first competition of the World Cup campaign in the event.
