HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (AP) β Heather Richardson won the speedskating World Cup 1,500 and 500 meter races Sunday to add to her victory a day earlier in the 1,000.
Richardson’s American teammate Brittany Bowe was second in both races, 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.
The Dutch skater says: “That is extremely fast.”
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.
