Sven Kramer Wins 3rd Straight 5000m Olympic Gold!

By NBC Olympics, February 10, 2018

Sven Kramer set three Olympic records after winning the 5000m with a time of 6:09.76. In addition to breaking the 5000m Olympic record, Kramer is the first man to win eight Olympic speed skating medals and the only to win Olympic gold in the same event three times.

"It's amazing. Every four years I still have progression, and that's nice to see," Kramer said following the race. "I've won a lot and lost a lot, but this is really special for me."

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Next up for Kramer is the 10,000m on Thursday, Feb. 15. Gold in the 10,000m has alluded Kramer who has earned silver in the event consectuive Games. Kramer is also scheduled to compete in the team pursuit and mass start in PyeongChang.

"Kramer has got a couple of other races and hopefully we can knock him off on one of them," speed skater Peter Michael (NZE) said after the race.

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USA achieves recognition during Snowboard Word Cup

USA snowboarders brought home three wins from the International Paralympic 
Committee (IPC) World Cup race held on 17 November on indoor slopes
of the Netherlands. Evan Strong, Mike Minor and Brenna Huckaby led in banked slalom,
finishing ahead of leading paralympic athletes from other nations. Dutch snowboarders
secured two wins pleasing a local crowd. Visit IPC Snowboard's website for full results. 

The season will continue in January 2017 in La Molina, Spain, followed by the
2017 World Para Snowboard Championships in Big White, Canada, from 1-17 February.
Finally, a test event in PyeongChang, South Korea will be held in preparation for
2018 Winter Paralympics.

Oriol Molas, 2015. https://www.paralympic.org/snowboard/2016-2017-world-cup/pyeongchang