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| Speed skating |
| Men | | 500m |
Jeremy Wotherspoon,
Canada |
 Hiroyasu Shimizu,
Japan |
 Casey FitzRandolph,
U.S. |
| A nagging back injury, which he has been fighting for four months, will cost
Nagano champion Shimizu the
gold |
| 1,000m |
| Jeremy Wotherspoon,
Canada |
| Erben Wennemars,
Netherlands |
| Michael Ireland,
Canada |
| Wotherspoon says skating is his second favorite passion -- behind
fishing |
| 1,500m |
| Ådne Søndrål,
Norway |
| Ids Postma,
Netherlands |
| Jan Bos,
Netherlands |
| If Derek Parra of the U.S. regains the fine form he showed early this season,
the Floridian could take a
medal |
| 5,000m |
| Jochem Uytdehaage,
Netherlands |
| Carl Verheijen,
Netherlands |
| Frank Dittrich,
Germany |
| After 5,000 king Gianni Romme's shocking failure to qualify at Dutch trials,
this race deserves an
asterisk |
| 10,000m |
| Frank Dittrich,
Germany |
| Gianni Romme,
Netherlands |
| Bob de Jong,
Netherlands |
| In his fourth Winter Games, the 34-year-old Dittrich will finally bring home
his first gold
medal |
| Women | | 500m |
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Catriona LeMay Doan,
Canada |
| Andrea Nuyt,
Netherlands |
| Svetlana Zhurova,
Russia
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| LeMay Doan has the eight fastest times at this distance, and at the Olympic Oval
she should break her world
record |
| 1,000m |
| Sabine Völker,
Germany |
| Jennifer Rodriguez,
U.S. |
| Catriona LeMay Doan,
Canada |
| No Hispanic-American has won a
medal |
| 1,500m |
| Anni Friesinger,
Germany |
| Claudia Pechstein,
Germany |
| Marianne Timmer,
Netherlands |
| Friesinger's mom skated for Poland in
'76 |
| 3,000m |
| Anni Friesinger,
Germany |
| Claudia Pechstein,
Germany |
| Gretha Smit,
Netherlands |
| Defending champ Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann is on maternity
leave |
| 5,000m |
| Claudia Pechstein,
Germany |
| Anni Friesinger,
Germany |
| Gretha Smit,
Netherlands |
| Unheralded Smit will be huge
surprise |
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