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Kramer cruises to win in 5,000

Associated Press

Saturday, November 7, 2009

BERLIN -- World champion Sven Kramer of the Netherlands cruised to victory in the 5,000 meters at the season-opening speedskating World Cup meet Saturday. Kramer covered the distance in 6 minutes, 14.69 seconds for his 24th career World Cup win. Havard Bokko of Norway was second in 6:17.17, and Bob de Jong of the Netherlands was third in 6:19.22. Wang Beixing of China won the women's 500 in 37.85 seconds, beating world champion Jenny Wolf of Germany. Wolf clocked 38.04 and Nao Kodaira of Japa ...

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