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SPEED SKATING

CTVOlympics.ca
February 24, 2010

Hughes skates to bronze in 5,000m

Clara Hughes skated the final race of her illustrious Olympic career in style, finishing with the bronze medal in the 5,000-metres race at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

Hughes skated a time of 6 minutes 55.73 seconds to shatter the track record by over two seconds, set by Martina Sablikova in March, 2009.

The record was again broken by Sablikova on rout to her gold medal. Germany's Stephanie Beckert captured the silver medal.

Ottawa's Kristina Groves also skated in this distance, placing sixth with a time of 7 minutes 04.57 seconds, while Cindy Klassen of Winnipeg finished in 12th with a time of 7 minutes 22.09 seconds.

 

 


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