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(2)Shinya edges LeMay-Doan to win women's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Japan's Shihomi Shinya (C), who won the women's 500 meters in the speed skating World Cup circuit, smiles on the podium at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 7, flanked by runner-up Catriona LeMay-Doan (L) of Canada and China's Wang Manli (R - third place).

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(1)Shinya edges LeMay-Doan to win women's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Japan's Shihomi Shinya waves at the audience after crossing the finish line in the women's 500 meters at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 7. Shinya edged world record holder Catriona LeMay-Doan of Canada by just 0.01 to win the gold in 38.60 seconds.

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Lemay-Doan takes gold in women's 500 meters speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Catriona Lemay-Doan of Canada (C), who won the women's 500 meters speed skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, smiles at a flower ceremony at the Utah Olympic Oval on Feb. 14. She is flanked by silver medalist Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (L) and bronze medalist Sabine Voelker, both from Germany.

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Speed skaters show off booty

The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer (C) kisses the Olympic gold medal she won in the women's 1,000 meters speed skating Feb. 19. She is joined on the podium by American Christine Witty (L), who took silver, and bronze medalist Catriona LeMay Doan of Canada. Timmer won the gold medal in a new Olympic record of 1 minute, 16.51 seconds at the M-Wave indoor track to claim her second gold of the Nagano Games.

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Timmer sets new world mark en route

Dutch speed skater Marianne Timmer shows total concentration on her way to gold in the Olympic 1,500-meters on Feb. 16 at Nagano's M-Wave indoor track. Timmer smashed the world record with a phenomenal time of 1 minute, 57.58 seconds, 0.29 second faster than the old mark set by Canada's Catriona LeMay Doan in Calgary only last November.

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LeMay Doan shows who's boss

Canadian speed skater Catriona LeMay Doan powers her way to Olympic gold in the women's 500-meters Feb. 14 at Nagano's M-Wave indoor track. LeMay Doan set a new Olympic record with a time of 38.21 seconds for a combined time of 1 minute, 16.60 seconds. LeMay Doan's compatriot Susan Auch took silver, while the bronze medal went to Japan's Tomomi Okazaki.

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Canada's Doan takes command

Canadian speed skater Catriona LeMay Doan skims around the final curve on Feb. 13 to finish top after the first run of the Olympic women's 500-meters at the M-Wave track, Nagano. LeMay Doan shattered American Bonnie Blair's 10-year-old Games record, crossing the line in 38.39 seconds.

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(1)Shinya edges LeMay-Doan to win women's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Japan's Shihomi Shinya waves at the audience after crossing the finish line in the women's 500 meters at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 7. Shinya edged world record holder Catriona LeMay-Doan of Canada by just 0.01 to win the gold in 38.60 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Lemay-Doan takes gold in women's 500 meters speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Catriona Lemay-Doan of Canada (C), who won the women's 500 meters speed skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, smiles at a flower ceremony at the Utah Olympic Oval on Feb. 14. She is flanked by silver medalist Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (L) and bronze medalist Sabine Voelker, both from Germany.

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(2)Shinya edges LeMay-Doan to win women's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Japan's Shihomi Shinya (C), who won the women's 500 meters in the speed skating World Cup circuit, smiles on the podium at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 7, flanked by runner-up Catriona LeMay-Doan (L) of Canada and China's Wang Manli (R - third place). (Kyodo)