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Speedskater Wotherspoon

TOKYO, Japan - A March 2010 file photo shows Canadian speedskater Jeremy Wotherspoon, who eyes making a comeback to the Olympics at the 2014 Sochi Games.

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Wotherspoon wins 500m gold, Kato takes bronze

NAGANO, Japan - World record holder Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada skates in the men's 500-meter race at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on March 7. Wotherspoon claimed his third world title with a combined rink record time of 1:09.46.

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Wotherspoon wins 500m gold, Kato takes bronze

NAGANO, Japan - Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada (L), the gold medalist in the men's 500-meter race at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships, and Joji Kato of Japan, the bronze medalist, shake hands on the podium at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on March 7.

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(2)Speed skating: Shimizu, Wotherspoon tie in 500 at World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada shares the top honors in the men's 500 meters with Japan's world record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu by posting identical times of 35.20 seconds on the opening day of a World Cup meet at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 4.

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(3)Shimizu, Wotherspoon tie in 500 at World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu (L) and Canada's Jeremy Wotherspoon chats with each other after sharing the top honors in the men's 500 meters by posting identical times on the opening day of a World Cup meet at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 4.

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(1)Speed skating: Shimizu, Wotherspoon tie in 500 at World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu waves at fans after sharing the top honors in the men's 500 meters with Canada's Jeremy Wotherspoon on the opening day of a World Cup meet at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 4. ''It's nice to win in front of home fans,'' said Shimizu later.

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Kobayashi wins men's 500-meter at World Cup Speed Skating

COLLALBO, Italy - Masaaki Kobayashi of Japan is flanked by Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada (L) and Ryohei Shimizu of Japan on the podium after winning the men's 500-meter race division A at the World Cup Speed Skating competition in Collalbo, Italy, on Feb. 15. Wotherspoon came in second, followed by Shimizu.

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Wotherspoon wins 500-m World Cup speed skating

HARBIN, China - Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada (C) poses after winning the men's 500 meters in the World Cup speed skating event in Harbin, China on Dec. 14. Japan's Joji Kato (L) and Hiroyasu Shimizu (R) took second and third.

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(2)Wotherspoon wins men's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Canadian Jeremy Wotherspoon (C), the winner of the men's 500 meters in the speed skating World Cup circuit, poses for photographs on the podium at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 7, flanked by Japan's Hiroyasu Shimizu (L - second place) and Joji Kato (R - third place).

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(1)Wotherspoon wins men's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Canadian Jeremy Wotherspoon wins the men's 500 meters in 35.19 seconds on the speed skating World Cup circuit at M- Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 7.

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Wotherspoon stumbles at start

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - World sprint champion Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada kicks the rink after stumbling and falling at the start of the leg of the men's 500 speed skating at Olympic Oval on Feb. 11. He did not finish the race.

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Shimizu golden again at speed skating World Cup meet

CALGARY, Canada - Hiroyasu Shimizu (C) reigns supreme on the rink again March 4 as the Nagano Olympic gold medalist snared back-to-back golds in the 500 meters on the final day of a speed skating World Cup meet in Calgary, Canada. Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada (L) won the silver medal while Japan's Toyoki Takeda (R) took bronze.

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Wotherspoon guns for Japan's Shimizu

Canada's Jeremy Wotherspoon chases Olympic gold in the men's 500-meter speed skating Feb. 10 at Nagano's M-Wave track. Wotherspoon eventually finished runner-up to Japan's Hiroyasu Shimizu.

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Shimizu walks tall with Olympic

Japan's Hiroyasu Shimizu takes center stage after winning Olympic gold in the men's 500-meter speed skating Feb. 10. Shimizu, who set new Olympic records in both legs of the event, is flanked by silver medalist Jeremy Wotherspoon (L) and bronze medal winner Kevin Overland, both of Canada.

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-ICE HOCKEY-MEN'S PRELIMINARY-CHN VS CAN(CN)

(220213) -- BEIJING, Feb. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tyler Wotherspoon (top) of Canada checks on the referee hit by a puck the ice hockey men's preliminary round Group A match between China and Canada at National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

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(2)Speed skating: Shimizu, Wotherspoon tie in 500 at World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada shares the top honors in the men's 500 meters with Japan's world record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu by posting identical times of 35.20 seconds on the opening day of a World Cup meet at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 4. (Kyodo)

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(1)Speed skating: Shimizu, Wotherspoon tie in 500 at World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu waves at fans after sharing the top honors in the men's 500 meters with Canada's Jeremy Wotherspoon on the opening day of a World Cup meet at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 4. ''It's nice to win in front of home fans,'' said Shimizu later. (Kyodo)

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Wotherspoon wins 500m gold, Kato takes bronze

NAGANO, Japan - Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada (L), the gold medalist in the men's 500-meter race at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships, and Joji Kato of Japan, the bronze medalist, shake hands on the podium at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on March 7. (Kyodo)

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Wotherspoon wins 500m gold, Kato takes bronze

NAGANO, Japan - World record holder Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada skates in the men's 500-meter race at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on March 7. Wotherspoon claimed his third world title with a combined rink record time of 1:09.46. (Kyodo)

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(1)Wotherspoon wins men's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Canadian Jeremy Wotherspoon wins the men's 500 meters in 35.19 seconds on the speed skating World Cup circuit at M- Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 7. (Kyodo)

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(3)Shimizu, Wotherspoon tie in 500 at World Cup

NAGANO, Japan - World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu (L) and Canada's Jeremy Wotherspoon chats with each other after sharing the top honors in the men's 500 meters by posting identical times on the opening day of a World Cup meet at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 4. (Kyodo)

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Wotherspoon wins 500-m World Cup speed skating

HARBIN, China - Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada (C) poses after winning the men's 500 meters in the World Cup speed skating event in Harbin, China on Dec. 14. Japan's Joji Kato (L) and Hiroyasu Shimizu (R) took second and third. (Kyodo)

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Wotherspoon stumbles at start

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - World sprint champion Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada kicks the rink after stumbling and falling at the start of the leg of the men's 500 speed skating at Olympic Oval on Feb. 11. He did not finish the race.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Canadian Jeremy Wotherspoon (R), a four-time Olympian and the 1998 Nagano Olympic silver medalist, is pictured on Feb. 13, 2018, in Gangneung, South Korea, as a coach for the Norwegian speed skating team at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobayashi wins men's 500-meter at World Cup Speed Skating

COLLALBO, Italy - Masaaki Kobayashi of Japan is flanked by Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada (L) and Ryohei Shimizu of Japan on the podium after winning the men's 500-meter race division A at the World Cup Speed Skating competition in Collalbo, Italy, on Feb. 15. Wotherspoon came in second, followed by Shimizu. (Kyodo)

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(2)Wotherspoon wins men's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Canadian Jeremy Wotherspoon (C), the winner of the men's 500 meters in the speed skating World Cup circuit, poses for photographs on the podium at M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 7, flanked by Japan's Hiroyasu Shimizu (L - second place) and Joji Kato (R - third place). (Kyodo)

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Shimizu wins world 500-meter title in world record time

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Hiroyasu Shimizu beams with joy as he beats rival Jeremy Wotherspoon and smashes the Canadian's world record March 10. The Nagano Olympic champion won his fourth consecutive 500-meter title at the single-distance speed skating world championships at the Olympic Oval in Kearns, site of next year's Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.

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Shimizu golden again at speed skating World Cup meet

CALGARY, Canada - Hiroyasu Shimizu (C) reigns supreme on the rink again March 4 as the Nagano Olympic gold medalist snared back-to-back golds in the 500 meters on the final day of a speed skating World Cup meet in Calgary, Canada. Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada (L) won the silver medal while Japan's Toyoki Takeda (R) took bronze.

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Shimizu makes triumphant return to Olympic rink

NAGANO, Japan - Olympic champion Hiroyasu Shimizu (C) beats Canadian rivals Michael Ireland (L) and Jeremy Wotherspoon (R) on March 4 to win the men's 500 meters on the second day of the single distance world speed skating championships at the M-Wave indoor rink, the site of his gold medal performance at the 1998 Nagano Olympics.