At 30, Blair Has Flair As She Garners Sprint Speedskating Title

Bonnie Blair so dominated three generations of Olympic sprinters that she took to battling the clock instead of opponents.

She beat time itself on Sunday, winning the 1995 World Sprint Speedskating Championship at the Pettit National Ice Center in her final races on American ice.

Blair, 30, who delayed retirement for a year after winning double gold in the Winter Olympics in Norway so she could skate for the world title on her home ice, swept all four races in the two-day event.

She took the 500 meters in 39.54 seconds Sunday and the 1,000 at 1:19.52.

Blair, who has six Olympic medals including five golds, is retiring next month after World Cup events in Norway and Germany and a final stop in Calgary.