...Friesinger finished in 39.28 in the 500. Wieteke Cramer of the Netherlands followed in 39.53 and Germany's Claudia Pechstein was third at 40.08. The three-day event ends Sunday with the men's 10,000.

...meters and finished second on the 500 meters Friday, taking the lead in the European Speed Skating Championships. Claudia Pechstein of Germany won the sprint, the only women's race on the Oulunkyla track. BOWLING: Gary Schick of Grovetown last...

...all, were three women who all bettered the existing world record, and another who just missed it. Germany's Claudia Pechstein broke her world mark of 3:59.26 with a 3:57.70 effort that earned her a third Olympic gold medal. Taking...

...De Jong's third-place time of 7:07.44 in the 5,000 kept her .95 seconds ahead of defending champion Claudia Pechstein of Germany in the women's competition. De Jong also won the European title in 1997. Pechstein was second in the...

...skating race. Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann broke her own world record, skating in 6:59.65. But in the next pair Claudia Pechstein drove to the finish line for a time of 6:59.51 and the gold medal. Lyudmila Prokasheva of Kazahkstan won bronze...

...optimistic Lawler will play today against Russia.DOPING BAN APPEALED: Five-time Olympic speedskating champion Claudia Pechstein says she's making a last-minute appeal to compete at the Vancouver Games despite a doping ban.The German says...

...moguls team, along with Bryon Wilson , Nate Roberts and Michael Morse .- Five-time Olympic speedskating champion Claudia Pechstein , of Germany, has lost her final appeal against a doping ban and will not compete at the Vancouver Games.- The...

...claiming his third consecutive European all-around title by winning the men's 1,500 meters. In women's events, Claudia Pechstein won the 3,000 to take the lead in the overall standings. Hockey Jagr leads team to win at all-star game In Moscow...

...won their first World Cup cross country ski titles. - In Moscow, Havard Bokko won the 1,500-meter race and Claudia Pechstein dominated the 5,000 to win their first World Cup races this season.

...silver. Yang Yang of China took the bronze. WOMEN'S SPEEDSKATING, 5,000 METERS: Canada's Clara Hughes passed Claudia Pechstein with two laps to go to win the gold medal, keeping the German from becoming the first Winter Olympian to win the...