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Canada got gold in ladies 1000 speed skating!

Last night Canadian, Christine Nesbitt age 24 won a gold medal for Canada in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic games. This medal was won in the ladies 1000 meters speed skating. She got an amazing time of 1:16.56 only 0.02 seconds ahead of Annette Gerritsen from France. Annette will take home a silver medal while her partner Laurine van Riessen will take home a bronze. After the race when they interviewed her she said " one of the reasons why I won this race is because all of my fans were cheering me on and that pushed more and more to finish the race faster". Other events that she will be or has attending/ attended are the ladies 500 m and the ladies 1500 m also in speed skating.