MOSCOW — Shani Davis of the United States set a track record to win the 1,000-meters and earn the overall title at the sprint speedskating world championships.
Wang Beixing of China won her first overall sprint title.
Davis won in 1 minute, 8.66 seconds, with Denny Morrison of Canada in second Yevgeny Lalenkov of Russia in third. Defending champion and overnight leader Lee Kyou-hyuk of South Korea fell with 100 meters left.
The titles were decided by two 500-meter and two 1,000-meter races over the weekend.
“I knew after yesterday, I had a lot of work to do,” said Davis, who was fourth in the overall standings after two races Saturday. “But I stayed positive and every race I just approached like it was my last race.”
Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan won the 500 in a track-record 34.91 seconds, while Davis was sixth.
Wang had a 0.43-seconds advantage over defending champion Jenny Wolf before the 500. Wolf won the race in a track-record 37.86 seconds, but only 0.05 ahead of Wang.
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