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[email protected] February 12, 2014 Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Speed Skating Men’s 1000m In the third Speed Skating Men’s distance which was the 1000m, Stefan Groothuis (NED) won in 1:08.39, a new track record. Denny Morrison (CAN) got silver in 1:08.43 and Michel Mulder, the 500m champion, grabbed bronze in 1:08.74, thus becoming the first multi-medalist at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Two-time Olympic champion Shani Davis (USA) had to settle for eighth place. In the first half of the competition, Mark Tuitert (NED), 1500m 2010 Olympic champion was fastest, in 1:09.29, but he eventually ranked 10th. Then came Samuel Schwarz (GER) who executed his best race ever, opening 16.56, lap of 25.0, then a 27.2 lap towards 1:08.89, the first sub-1:09 on this rink. In pair 16, just before the 8 skaters that were in the best start group, Groothuis raced, paired with Nico Ihle (GER). Ihle, who had also been 8th in the 500m, started with a fast 16.38, Groothuis with 16.64. Both had a 25.1 lap with Ihle still in the lead and Groothuis a little slower than Schwarz had been. But then Groothuis caught up with 26.6 last lap and finished in 1:08.39, a track record half a second faster than Schwarz’s.