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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer (R), gold medalist of the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is congratulated by Japanese skater Tomomi Okazaki at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19.

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer (C), gold medalist of the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is flanked by Cindy Kassen of Canada (L) and Germany's Anni Friesinger during the flower ceremony at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19.

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000-meter speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer shows her joy after winning the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19.

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer (R) is congratulated by Japan's Tomoni Okazaki (L) and Sayuri Yoshii after winning the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto rink in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19.

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer shows her joy after winning the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19.

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000-meter speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer skates to victory in the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. Timmer clocked 1 minute, 16.5 seconds.

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Wennemars, Timmer win 1st gold at worlds

NAGANO, Japan - Erben Wennemars (L) and Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands take a victory lap carrying the Dutch flag at the M-Wave, the Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena, in Nagano on Jan. 18 after they won the men's and women's titles in the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships.

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Marianne Timmer win 1st gold at worlds

NAGANO, Japan - Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands wins the women's title of the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships at the M-Wave, the Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena, in Nagano on Jan. 18.

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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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Golden girl Timmer smashes world record

Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands skates into the arms of her coach after clinching the gold medal and a new world record in the Olympic 1,500-meter speed skating on Feb. 16 at Nagano's M-Wave indoor track. Timmer, a sprint specialist, delighted the crowd by posting a phenomenal time of 1 minute, 57.58 seconds.

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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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Marianne Timmer win 1st gold at worlds

NAGANO, Japan - Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands wins the women's title of the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships at the M-Wave, the Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena, in Nagano on Jan. 18. (Kyodo)

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000-meter speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer shows her joy after winning the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. (Kyodo)

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer (R), gold medalist of the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is congratulated by Japanese skater Tomomi Okazaki at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. (Kyodo)

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer (R) is congratulated by Japan's Tomoni Okazaki (L) and Sayuri Yoshii after winning the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto rink in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. (Kyodo)

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer shows her joy after winning the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. (Kyodo)

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer (C), gold medalist of the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is flanked by Cindy Kassen of Canada (L) and Germany's Anni Friesinger during the flower ceremony at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. (Kyodo)

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000-meter speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer skates to victory in the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. Timmer clocked 1 minute, 16.5 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Wennemars, Timmer win 1st gold at worlds

NAGANO, Japan - Erben Wennemars (L) and Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands take a victory lap carrying the Dutch flag at the M-Wave, the Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena, in Nagano on Jan. 18 after they won the men's and women's titles in the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. (Kyodo)