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Denny Morrison won the 1.500m at the World Single Distance Championship
At this page you can see and read everything about the victory of Denny Morrison at the World Single Distance Championship in Nagano Japan.
He was paired with Dutch Sven Kramer in the 9th pair. Morrison won his pair and skated to a time of 1.45.22 smashing the old track record of 1.47.87 by Adne Søndrål at the 1998 Olympics. His time proved to be good enough, because after Morrison, title favorites like Shani Davis and Enrico Fabirs couldn't reach his time. Morrison wasn't alone on the podium, Sven Kramer aswell as Shani Davis skated to a time of 1.45.32 ranking them both second.
Here you can watch some video images. Just press the play button. Commentories are in dutch, sorry for that.
Soon more information and pictures will follow.
First pictures
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Photo 1 is taken by Itsuo Inouye/AP Photo
Photo 2 and 7 are taken by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images
Photo 3 is taken by Getty Images
Photo 4, 6, 11, 12 and 13 are taken by Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images.
Photo 5, 8, 15, 16 and 17 are taken by Reuters Pictures
Photo 9 and 10 are taken by Junko Kimura/ Getty Images.
Photo 14 is taken by Koichi Kamoshida/AFP/Getty Images.
The pictures are also brought together in a new photo album. Go to the Photo Gallery to view them.
What does Morrison has to say...
Speedskating Canada published a storie about the last day at the WSDC:
Denny Morrison wins gold at speed skating worlds
Date posted: 03/09/2008
NAGANO, Japan – Denny Morrison of Fort St. John, B.C., won gold in the men’s 1,500 and Kristina Groves of Ottawa stepped on the podium two more times Sunday to finish with five medals at the world single distance championships in long track speed skating.....
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In the men’s 1,500, Morrison was the winner in 1:45.22. It was his first career international victory at the distance. His pair Sven Kramer of the Netherlands and Shani Davis of the U.S., tied for second in 1:45.32.
‘’It’s pretty cool to be world champion,’’ said Morrison, also third in Saturday’s 1,000. ‘’It’s a different feeling. The key to my win was having a really good strategy. I had a great start and tried to fix what I didn’t do well in the 1,000. I had a smooth race and I was able to hold my pair off at the end.’’
There were still two pairs to go after Morrison’s race. Davis, the 1,000 winner, was in the next pair.
‘’I knew I had skated a really great time,’’ Morrison said. ‘’I was very happy with it. But when I saw Shani go out I thought he was going to get me. But for some reason his last lap just wasn’t there today. I was pretty confident I was going to win after that. I thought Shani was the biggest threat.’’
Steven Elm of Red Deer, Alta., was eighth and Arne Dankers of Calgary 13th.
