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Show The Salt Lake Tribune SPEEDSKATING Speedskating Records Fall At Olympic Oval @ Continued from C-1 “The othergirls were better,” said Witty. “What can you do? It’s just motivation for the summer.” five years ago before the dawn of the In the opening men’s 500 meters, “When he was 18 years old, the guy was duking it out with DJ,” said Fitz- Shimizu cracked his own Japanese record, finishing just a hundredth ofa second behind Wotherspoon’s world mark. It was a sign of greater things to come. Less than two hours later, Shimizu was back with his world- her German opponent on thefinal curve, Witty pushed her throughout thefinal lap. Although Witty gained some ground, her cautiousstart left her too far behind to overtake GarbrechtEnfeldt. Witty finished just a hundredth of a second off her Calgary world mark for fourth place. Bronze medalist Catriona Le May Doan also broke Witty’s record with a clocking of1:14.50. record clocking in the second 500 fora combined time of1:08.96. Silver medalist Wotherspoon also recorded his fastest 500 meters with a new Canadian standard of 34.52 seconds for an overall timeof 1:09.29. Shimizu’s victory Saturday marked the fourth time he lowered the world 500-meter standard. The27year-old native of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidofirst took the record from American Dan Jansen Sunday, March 11, 2001 Wotherspoon and FitzRandolph — the three posed side-by-side for ory photographs. “It’s not an easy feeie es eons ote then heldit for more than three years. one todo it” Niemann-Stimemann’s world mark in the women's 5,000 meters was the first distance record tofall at Randolph, 26. “It seems like he’s been around forever and we keep hoping he’sgoing to retire. Then you realize he’s aboutthe same age weare.” His opponents might not want to oss 1 Mies Se oer Sa Aecneust aOR these championships. Bob de Jong led a Dutch sweep of hear it, but Shimizu says he isn't fin- the men’s 5,000 meters, finishing ished with the record books yet. ahead of Carl Verheijen and Gianni “] think I can takeit lower,” said Romme. the pint-size Shimizu, dwarfed by FIDDEER'S ELBOW Bald or Thinning MEN/WOMEN WANTED Worid’slargest hair replacement companyIs looking for people of all ages to be examples of the great look we can achieve for you. if you qualify, you will have your hair restored to the way you wouid look, for just the cost of the lab fee. You maybe eligible to participate in a research study ofan investigational medication being conducted at the Dermatology Research Center. Qualified candidates will receive study medication andstudy related skin evaluations at no cost. Financial compensation will be provided. THE HAIR RESTORATION IS FREE Call for information: 262-8870 SYSTEMS een istee me cere Cellier at Bea 269-0135 \ ‘TRO,WorldwidesiSi ce1975 PHIL JINGOZIAN JUST MADE IT EASIER TO LOAD THE SONOMA. WITH PEOPLE. Steve Griffin/TheSalt Lake Tribune U.S. speedskater Casey FitzRandolph races toward third-place finish and an American Record in the men’s 500 meters Saturday. INTRODUCING THE ALL-NEW 4-DOOR SONOMA CREWCAB. Fans Warm Upto the Icy Confines of the Utah Oval BYJOHN TH EAHEY UT LAKE TRIBUNE KEARNS— Todd Russell is either a gambler or a believer in divine intervention. The Sandy resident showed up ticketless at the Utah Olympic Oval for Saturday's sold-out speedskating races along with his wife and five children. “Within a half hour,we had tickets and were in,” he said, cradling the youngest in his arms and with two other children wrapped around his more than double to 6,500. But even those seats are practically gone. Saturday’s atmosphere was electric. Fans rose to their feet repeatedly asnational and worldrecordsfell. “I like the atmosphere that the Europeans bring,” said Steve Vin. cent, one of 200 volunteers. “There are 200 Dutch spectators, all wearing orange and bringing their own band here. Alot of people here travel with their national teams, from event to event. They are so passionate.” Oneofthe mostpassionate Dutchmendid not haveto travel far to get to legs. Kearns. Sam Vanamen,clad in his Count Russell among the lucky ones whoeither scored tickets from scalpers or landed freebies from spectators with extratickets. “Isn't this fantastic,” he shouted onto his vantage point at the oval’s south curve, drove from Sandy — his homesince1956. “I was on the Dutch national above the roar of crowd as two women speedskaters flashed by on DayTwoof the 2001 world single dis. tance speedskating championships. The remaining tickets for today's competition the final day's races Start at noon sold out at 1] a.m. Saturday. 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