*I’ll update this entry during the women’s 1000-meter race*
2:29pm- Canada’s Christine Nesbitt has just won the Gold Medal for Canada!
Women’s 1000-meters (results)
1- Christine Nesbitt- Canada- 1:16.56
2- Annette Gerritsen- Netherlands- 1:16.58
3- Laurine van Riessen- Netherlands- 1:16.72
The final pairing featured Kristina Groves who skated a gutsy race, winning her pair, and finishing in 4th, .06-seconds from the Olympic podium.
The Netherlands wins silver and bronze.
2:24pm- Canada’s Christine Nesbitt is the new leader! Canada is guaranteed a medal, witt nesbitt edging out Gerritsen by .02-seconds.
Only one more pair of skaters remain.
2:21pm- New leader! The Netherlands’ Annette Gerritsen, who earlier fell in her first of two 500-meter races, just skated a time of 1:16.58.
2:18pm PST- Japan’s Nao Kodaira has moved into second place. Netherlands’ Laurine van Riessen still sits atop the leader-board.
2:10pm- The new leader is the Netherlands’ Laurine van Riessen- time of 1:16.72.
2:06pm- The Netherlands’ Ireen Wust & USA’s Heather Richardson moved into 2nd and 3rd respectively.
2:02pm- Germany’s AnnaFriesinger-Postma, who struggled with an ankle injury, slipped while entering a corner and couldn’t maintain her speed.
However, Jennifer Rodriguez punched in with the top time of the race- 1:17.08.
Rodriguez came into the games with few expectations- except to have fun.
1:59pm- Korea’s Sang-Hwa Lee, the surprise Gold medalist in the women’s 500-meter, skated a 17.66 opening 200-meter time, almost two-seconds faster than the leading pace. Lee fatigued and dropped 4 1/2-seconds in her second lap.
1:55pm PST- The ladies 1000-meter is set to resume after the mid-way mark of the competition.
1:40pm PST-After the first half of the competition, Norway’s Hege Bokkko holds the fastest time.
The Richmond Speed Skating Oval’s 1000-meter record for the women is over 1-second faster than the leading time that she skated. It’s expected that her time won’t stand as the top mark for much longer.
For now, she’s enjoying her time in the spotlight.
1:35pm- Headed though the half-way mark of the competition, the top-3 times still stand, unchallenged by pair #9.
1:27pm- Russia’s Yekaterina Shikhova finished her 1000-meter race .03-seconds from Hege Bokkko’s lead time.
Note that unlike the 500-meter sprint where skaters complete the distance twice, skaters only cover the 1000-meter distance once.
1:23pm- Pair #6 features the youngest skater of the competition, 15 year old Miho Takagi from Japan.
Both Takagi and Canada’s Shannon Rempel were off the lead time.
1:19pm- Pair #5 features the oldest skater of this long track speed skating competition- 38-year old Tomomi Okasaki from Japan. She’s skating with 20-year old You-Lim Kim from Korea, who was the youngest skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics, at the age of 16-years old.
Unfortunately, You-Lim Kim went down hard in the first turn. she went down onto her face.
Norway’s Hege Bokkko still has the fastest time of the competition.
1:13pm- Australia’s Sophie Muir, who trains in Heerenveen, started well, but faded at the end of the race, skating at 1:18.79-seconds.
1:10pm- Germany’s Jenny Wolf fell apart after leading a very fast first half of the race. Norway’s Hege Bokko holds the early lead.
Times should get faster because the slower skaters are starting first.
1:08pm PST- The women’s 1000-meter long track speed skating race is now under way at the Richmond Speed Skating Oval.
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