Wolf gobbles up second straight speed skating world 500m win

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NAGANO, Japan (AFP) — Germany's world sprint record holder Jenny Wolf dominated the women's 500m race to defend her title at the world speed skating single distance championships on Saturday.

The 29-year-old timed a rink-record of 37.88 seconds in her first race and then bettered it with 37.74 for a combined time of one minute 15.62 seconds, also a new record for the Nagano arena.

Wang Beixing of China, who has beaten Wolf twice in this season's World Cup series, finished second with 1:16.28, followed by Annette Gerritsen of the Netherlands in 1:17.20.

American Shani Davis won the men's 1,000m title for the second year running with a rink-record time of 1:08.99, beating Russia's Yevgeny Lalenkov into second in 1:09.39 and Canadian Denny Morrison into third...