Christie on top again with 1000m gold
BySportsbeat
Published 13/02/2016 at 22:03 GMT
European champion Elise Christie admits it's all about building towards next month's World Short Track Speed Skating Championships after picking up her third individual World Cup gold of the season in Dordrecht.
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Christie, who secured gold and silver at last weekend's penultimate World Cup in Dresden, took the lead with two laps to go of the 1000m final.
And it proved to be a crucial move as she eventually crossed the line first in 1:30.616 minutes ahead of South Korea's Minjeong Choi and Canada's Jamie Macdonald.
It was enough for Choi to extend her lead in the overall World Cup classification for the distance although for Christie, the victory was another boost ahead of the World Championships in Seoul from March 11-13.
"I'm really pleased with my current form and the way I am racing," said Christie, who is yet to pick up a world title with three silvers and a bronze in recent years.
"The results over the last couple of weeks are helping me build my confidence looking towards the upcoming world championships."
In the men's 1000m Se Yeong Park finished in first place, earning his third individual World Cup medal of the season.
Hungary's Shaolin Sandor Liu was second while Joon Chun Kim finished third.
While in the men's 1500m Vladislav Bykanov made history as he earned Israel their first ever individual World Cup gold medal.
Bykanov did it in style, finishing half a lap ahead of the chasing pack with Yoon-Gy Kwak and Jung-Su Lee second and third respectively.
And in the ladies 1500m, Canada's Marianne St-Gelais won yet another race meaning she has earned an individual medal at each of the six World Cup stops this season.
China's Yihan Guo was second with Suzanne Schulting gave the local fans something to cheer in third.
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