Dutch skaters grab two more golds at World Cup

 KOLOMNA, Russia, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The ISU World Cup speed skating event wrapped up all competitions in Kolomna, Russia, on Sunday, with Dutch skaters scratching two more gold medals.

The championship continued with men's 1,500m and mass start and women's 3,000m races.

In the race of men's 1,500m Division¹ B, German skater Moritz Geisreiter timed in 1:47.42 to win the gold medal. Benjamin Mace² of France and Lucas Makowsky of Canada won second and third places respectively³.

Chinese skater Li Bailin and Sun Longjiang, both recently upgraded⁴ from the junior group, finished 18th and 19th in the race without getting scores.

Canadian skater Christine Nesbitt clocked four minutes, 4.53 seconds during the 3,000m ladies Division B competition, thus marking the victory in this discipline.

She won bronze medal in the 1,500m ladies Division A race on Saturday.

Russian skater Yekaterina Shikhova timed in 4:07.36 for second while Japanese skater Masako Hozumi timed 4:08.54 for the third place. Chinese skater Liu Feitong was 26th among 28 competitors.

In the 1500m men Division A, Dutch skater Koen Verweij timed 1: 45.56 as the top winner, while Belgian skater Bart Swings and U.S. skater Brian Hansen won silver and bronze medals.

In the 3,000m ladies Division A race, German skater Claudia Pechstein clocked four minutes 2.31 seconds, edging Czech skater Martina Sablikova by 0.15 seconds. Marije Joling from Netherlands got the third place who was timed in 4:03.90.

In the race of men's Mass Start, Jorrit Bergsma of Netherlands skated to the gold medal in 10 minutes and 0.07 seconds. Ewen Fermandez from France became silver medalist. Fermandez's teammate Alexis Contin ranked in the third place.

Young Chinese skater Sun Longjiang ranked 10th with 28 points, while his teammate Li Bailin ranked 18th with eight points.

The ISU World Cup was held in the Kolomna Speed Skating Center, 100km southeast Moscow, from Friday to Sunday. The third leg of the competition is slated⁵ for December 1st in Kazakh capital of Astana.

1 division   

n.区分，分开，除法，公司，部门，师(军队里)

参考例句：

• Have you learnt division?你学会除法了吗？
• The division commander ordered that we start the attack before dawn.师长令我们在拂晓前发起攻击。

2 mace   

n.狼牙棒，豆蔻干皮

参考例句：

• The sword and mace were favourite weapons for hand-to-hand fighting.剑和狼牙棒是肉搏战的最佳武器。
• She put some mace into the meat.她往肉里加了一些肉豆蔻干皮。

3 respectively   

adv.各自地，独自地，个别地，分别地

参考例句：

• They finished first and second respectively.他们分获一二名。
• In this machine which items make up the software and the hardware respectively?在机器中，哪几项分别构成软件和硬件？

4 upgraded   

升级的，提升的

参考例句：

• They upgraded the land by improving it with new buildings. 他们建造新楼房来提高土地的等级。
• Our legation was upgraded to an embassy. 我们的公使馆升级为大使馆。

5 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。