RICHARDS ON RECORDS SPRINT DOUBLE

Heather Richardson won the speedskating World Cup 1,500 and 500 metre races Sunday to add to her victory a day earlier in the 1,000.

Richardson’s American teammate Brittany Bowe was second in both events, just as she was second in Saturday’s 1,000. Marrit Leenstra of the Netherlands was third in the 1,500 and Lee Sang- hwa of South Korea was third in the 500.

Richardson won the 1,500 in one minute, 53.87 seconds, impressing Ireen Wust, who finished fourth.

“That is extremely fast,” the Dutch skater said.

Jan Szymanski of Poland won the men’s 1,500 in 1: 45.92, beating Dutchman Wouter olde Heuvel into second. American veteran Shani Davis was third. Denny Morrison of Fort St. John, B. C., was 11th in 1: 47.92, while Alec Janssens of Chilliwack, B. C., was 18th.

Sprinter Pavel Kulizhnikov also won his third race of the weekend, taking the second 500- metre race of the World Cup meet in 34.58 seconds.

Artur Was of Poland, the winner of both 500 races last week in Berlin, was second in Sunday’s 500 and Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands finished third. Laurent Dubreuil of Levis, who was looking for a medal in a fifth- straight 500m race, finished fourth in 35.07 seconds while Calgary ’s Gilmore Junio placed eighth in 35.12.

Ivanie Blondin of Ottawa won her second mass start of the season, pushing her podium streak in that event to four races and giving her five medals at the ISU long track speedskating World Cup this season.

Blondin’s winning time in the 16- lap mass start race was eight minutes, 24.01 seconds.

“I’m extremely pleased with how that raced turned out. I had a plan and I stuck with it,” the 24- year- old said. “It’s such a great way to end the five weeks away from home.”