Witty Wins Again

Mon., March 23, 1998

Compiled From Wire Services

World record holder and silver medalist Chris Witty won her second straight World Cup Final 1,000-meter speedskating race.

The skater from West Allis, who also took bronze at 1,500 meters in Nagano, Japan, skated in 1 minute, 17.08 seconds to eclipse the Pettit National Ice Center record she set Friday at 1:17.41 in winning the three-day meet’s first event.

Jeromy Wotherspoon of Canada won the men’s 1,000-meter race in 1:10.76, Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann of Germany, the gold medalist in Nagano and the world record holder at the women’s 3,000 meters, won at that distance in 4:08.26, and Roberto Sighel of Italy captured the men’s 5,000 in 6:35.02.

The three winning times were also track records.

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