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	Speedskating . com : News and Features : Pechstein Again Keeps It Steady, Wins Women's 5000m in... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Germany's Claudia Pechstein again demonstrated the virtues of consistency as she posted a remarkably even set of lap times to set a new world record of 6:46.91 in the women's 5000 meters, the concluding long track speedskating event of the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games.
		Pechstein's win in the 3000 came on a steady performance in which she avoided the late-lap blow-out that afflicted many other skaters and much of the simple slippage of lap times that comes late in the race.
		Pechstein's time was five and a half seconds faster than the old world mark set by her compatriot Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann a year ago during the world single distances championships, but it was not actually the first time the world record was broken this afternoon.
	www.speedskating.com /ar/show.rp?id=100549 (940 words)

	Another gold, another world record for Pechstein - 02/24/02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Claudia Pechstein won her second gold medal of these Games and third 5,000-meter Olympic title in a row.
		Pechstein won in '94 in 7:14.37, then set a world record of 6:59.61 to win at Nagano four years later.
		Pechstein's 1998 win by a mere.04 seconds was the closest 5,000 in Olympic history.
	www.detnews.com /2002/olympics/0202/24/sports-425158.htm (751 words)

	Germany's gold - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Claudia Pechstein already owned a gold from her world-record 3,000-meter race Feb. 10 and was on her way Saturday to becoming the first woman since American skater Bonnie Blair to win gold medals in the same event for three consecutive Olympics.
		Claudia Pechstein hugs coach Joachim Franke after she took the gold in the 5,000 meters.
		Pechstein stole the limelight from Smit with a record-setting 6:46.91, setting up teammate and 1,500-meter gold medalist Anni Friesinger to put two Germans on the medals stand.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70001509,00.html (497 words)

	Pechstein Wins Women's 5,000 Meter
		But, as she watched Claudia Pechstein snatch away the last of the speedskating gold medals with a performance that left the crowd at M-Wave gasping for breath, there wasn't anything Niemann-Stirnemann could do but shrug her shoulders.
		Pechstein, unconcerned about the significance of the moment, swiped the gold by going even faster -- a world record of 6 minutes, 59.61 seconds, edging her countrywoman by 0.04 seconds.
		Pechstein surged ahead of Niemann-Stirnemann's pace on the ninth of 12 1/2 laps and held on at the end.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/olympics/nagano/spe/022098oly-spe-womens5000.html (679 words)

	ESPN.com - Another record falls; Pechstein 5,000 champ again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pechstein earned her second gold medal of these games, and became only the second speedskater to ever win three consecutive Olympic titles in the same event.
		Pechstein was behind Smit's pace heading into the final lap, but used a powerful closing kick to skate the final 400 meters in 32.05.
		Pechstein won their first showdown in the 3,000, setting a world record en route to the gold.
	sports.espn.go.com /oly/winter02/speed/news?id=1339482 (756 words)

	Augusta Georgia: Other Sports:Pechstein upstages German rival with world-record performance 02/11/02
		Germany's Claudia Pechstein skates around the Utah Olympic Oval during her victory lap after winning the gold in the women's 3000m speedskating competition.
		Claudia Pechstein is a product of the East German sports machine, a taciturn competitor who did as she was told and would never consider the antics of her younger rival.
		Pechstein, whose previous world record was set at Calgary last March, started out ahead of the pace and, unlike Friesinger, managed to hold it together till the end.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/021102/oly_124-5366.shtml (821 words)

	Pechstein beat Niemann-Stirnemann, her world record
		Claudia Pechstein edged Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann in a battle of world record holders Friday to lead a German 1-2 finish in the women's 5,000 meters, the final event of Nagano Olympic speed skating.
		Pechstein beat Niemann-Stirnemann by a fraction of 0.04 second on the fast M-Wave indoor oval which has produced world records in five events and new Olympic records in all the 10 events at the 18th Winter Games.
		Pechstein, skating in the final pairing, fell off the pace of the 31-year-old veteran by nearly one second early in the race, but gradually gained time until she was 0.17 second ahead of the world record pace at 3,400 meters.
	www.shinmai.co.jp /oly-eng/19980220/0006.htm (565 words)

	A Tribute in Honor of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But the limelight was all Pechstein's on Sunday as she went for a lap of honour after her victory, waving a German flag and a bunch of flowers.
		Pechstein said she had benefited from not having as much pressure going in to the race as Friesinger.
		Germany's Claudia Pechstein smashed her own world record in the women's 3,000 metres speedskating, the second record to fall in two races on Salt Lake's super-quick Olympic Oval, and young Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann pulled off a shock victory on the normal hill.
	www.geocities.com /jeremywelch_99/olympics2002day3.html (13428 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Skating \| Pechstein's double Olympic delight
		Germany's Claudia Pechstein smashed the 3000m speedskating world record on her way to winning gold on the Utah Olympic Oval track.
		Pechstein broke her own world record of 3:59.26 in the penultimate duel of the competition.
		Klassen also broke Pechstein's old record in that race and must have thought that she was assured of the silver - that was until Groenewold began to threaten the new world mark.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1813000/1813160.stm (210 words)

	Gold school
		Pechstein shattered her own world record, crossing the line in 3 minutes, 57.70 seconds--more than 1-1/2 seconds ahead of the old mark of 3:59.26.
		Pechstein touched on ''our so-called quarrels'' during a postrace news conference, but balked when asked to describe her relations with the 25-year-old Friesinger.
		Pechstein won gold in her third straight Olympics, adding the 3,000 title to consecutive wins in the 5,000 at Lillehammer and Na-gano.
	www.suntimes.com /output/olympics/cst-spt-osep11.html (383 words)

	Topstory 1
		On a day that was supposed to launch Friesinger’s quest for three gold medals at the Utah Olympic Oval, Pechstein upstaged her flashier countrywoman and bitter rival by knocking more and 1.5 seconds off her own world record with a 3-minute-57.70-second clocking for her third Olympic gold medal.
		Pechstein had won five medals in three Olympics but had remained in the shadow of countrywoman Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, a seven-time Olympic medalist.
		Pechstein then had to watch nervously while Groenewold, skating in the final pair, entered the last lap trailing the new world record by just three-hundreths of a second.
	www.gmtoday.com /news/special_reports/Olympics2002/speed_skating_st/topstory002.asp (736 words)

	Claudia Pechstein sets world record in 3000 metre World Cup Race
		German speed skater Claudia Pechstein clipped almost a full second off the world record in the 3,000 metres on Friday at the final World Cup meet of the season.
		Pechstein, who became the first woman to skate in under four minutes, then nervously watched fellow German Gunda Niemann-Strinemann, who set the previous record of 4:00.26 just two weeks ago at a World Cup event in Hamar, Norway.
		Pechstein came second with 390 points in the overall standings and Anni Friesinger, also of Germany, was third at 230.
	www.caaws.ca /girlsatplay/hot/mar01/pechstein_mar2.htm (397 words)

	JS Online: Her best isn't good enough
		Claudia Pechstein celebrates her win in the 3,000 meters Sunday.
		Claudia Pechstein of Germany won the gold medal with a world record time of 3:57.70.
		Pechstein finally won the gold medal after placing third in Lillehammer in 1994 and second in Nagano in '98.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/oly02/feb02/19440.asp?format=print (589 words)

	Powerslide USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Claudia Pechstein (32), Berlin´s most succesfull winter Olympian was racing with Chad through Berlin City.
		Hedrick: "Hi Claudia (he was giving her a kiss on her cheek), nice to meet you.
		Pechstein: "Unfortunately I have to be on the ice in the morning.
	www.powerslideusa.com /real_news/Berlin_newpaper_chadnpech.htm (244 words)

	Pechstein wins 5,000m gold
		She put her finger over her lips to quiet the crowd, aware that one heat was left -- and that Pechstein, who defeated her in 1994, was capable of doing it again.
		A final push in the 12 1/2-lap race was just enough, and Pechstein collapsed on the ice after seeing yet another world-record time posted.
		Pechstein faded in the final lap, but had built enough of a lead that it didn't matter.
	slam.canoe.ca /SlamNaganoLongTrackSkating/feb20_w5000m.html (600 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Skating \| Pechstein seals second success
		Pechstein finished in a time of 6 minutes 46.91 seconds, 2.31 secs inside the mark of Smit, who had broken the old record just an hour earlier.
		Pechstein had already won the 3,000m in a world record time last week.
		The pair have often had a frosty relationship, but Pechstein paused to hug Friesinger on her victory lap.
	newsrss.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1838000/1838081.stm (251 words)

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		KEARNS, Utah — Claudia Pechstein of Germany won Olympic gold in the 5,000 meters Saturday, skating to a world record for her second gold of these games.
		Pechstein, who turned 30 on Friday, skated in 6 minutes, 46.91 seconds — bettering the mark set 90 minutes earlier by Gretha Smit of the Netherlands.
		Pechstein won her two previous Olympic titles over German great Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, who didn't compete in these games because she's pregnant.
	olympics.belointeractive.com /speedskating/BI_PECHSTEIN.610ae26.html (273 words)

	De Telegraaf-i [] Telesport - Anni Friesinger in het nauw
		Pechstein groeide op in de voormalige DDR en wordt getraind door Joachim Franke.
		De kleine boezem van Pechstein werd, aldus het blad, toch een fractie eerder over de streep geduwd dan de grotere voorgevel van haar rivale.
		Pechstein en Friesinger, die in het olympisch dorp nota bene in een appartement zijn ondergebracht, komen elkaar in het vervolg van het toernooi nog tweemaal tegen: vanavond op de 1500 meter, zaterdag op de afsluitende vijf kilometer.
	krant.telegraaf.nl /krant/archief/20020220/teksten/spo.friesinger.pechstein.html (711 words)

	Pechstein upstages German rival with world-record performance
		German Speed skater Claudia Pechstein waves after receiving her Olympic gold medal at the awards ceremony in downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday evening.
		Pechstein shattered her own world record, crossing the line in 3 minutes, 57.70 seconds - more than 11/2 seconds ahead of the old mark of 3:59.26.
		Later, on the victory lap, she showed a little of Friesenger's showmanship, skating in the opposite direction and showing off for the crowd by gliding on one foot a la Michelle Kwan.
	www.phillyburbs.com /olympics/2002/news/0211pec.htm (788 words)

	ISU : Full Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Claudia Pechstein was 7.88 seconds behind going into the 5000, which meant that the result was in doubt until the final pair.
		Although Pechstein took the lead in the race, she was unable to build a large gap, and in the final laps Cindy Klassen edged closer.
		Pechstein accepted her defeat and Klassen celebrated the second Canadian win in the history of the championships, following Sylvia Burka in 1976.
	www.isu.org /vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-81209-3787-4771-layout46-129898-news-item,00.html (575 words)

	Pechstein leads parade of marks in 3,000 meters - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Two races later, the pairing of German teammate Claudia Pechstein and Canada's Cindy Klassen wowed a packed house salivating for a world record from speedskating's best.
		Pechstein, the first female to break the 4-minute barrier in the 3,000, broke her own world mark by skating a 3:57.70.
		Rodriguez posted the best time — 4:04.99, a national record — but her focus has been and will continue to be on her remaining three events, the 500, 1,000 and 1,500, where she's proven herself in World Cup action.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70000362,00.html (495 words)

	Sport \| She's behind you
		Though no one quite knows the precise sum, Friesinger, Pechstein and the veteran Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (who won three Olympic medals in the Nineties and is regarded by many to be Germany's greatest skater) are believed to earn around €3million (£2.1m) a year.
		Claudia Pechstein grew up in East Berlin at a time when the communist German Democratic Republic seemed indestructible.
		Claudia was 'meticulous' about her training routine, worked closely with her trainer and was a classical product of the East German 'cadre' system, Sachs added.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5070322-108678,00.html (2932 words)

	Romme, Pechstein win in fast times at World Cup speedskating
		Claudia Pechstein also came close to a world record in winning the women's 3,000 as Germans swept the top three places.
		Pechstein was timed at 4:10.80, only 1.48 seconds over the record set by compatriot Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann in 1994.
		Claudia Pechstein, Germany, four minutes, 10.80 seconds; 2.
	www.allpop.com /SlamNaganoLongTrackSkatingArchive/nov30_fast.html (210 words)

	Pechstein, Claudia -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Pechstein took the gold medal in the 3,000-m and 5,000-m finals, 13 days apart, winning both with world-record performances.
		A well-respected music, dance, and drama critic, Claudia Cassidy was best known for her column “On the Aisle,” published in the Chicago Tribune from 1942 until 1966.
		U.S. playwright, novelist, and short-story writer Rose Franken is best known for her Claudia series of novels, which enjoyed success on stage, radio, and film as well as in print.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9389527?tocId=9389527 (708 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At the 1994 Lillehammer Games, she added a bronze in the 3,000m and then bettered her personal record for 5,000m by an incredible 19.21 seconds to upset teammate Gunda Niemann by a half second.
		In 1998, at the Nagano Olympics, Pechstein moved up to second place in the 3,000m (behind Niemann) and then set a world record in the 5,000m to beat Niemann by a mere four hundredths of a second, the equivalent of half a metre.
		After finishing sixth in the 1,500m (she placed seventh in 1998), Pechstein entered the 5,000m as the two-time defending Olympic champion.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=75920 (183 words)

	Ice queen crowned
		We were all track side during her 5,000, cheering for her and we were all so busy hoping that she wasn't going to lose time to Claudia (Pechstein) that I didn't realize at first that I had won," Hughes said.
		Pechstein, who is the reigning world record holder over 5,000m, had finished a costly fifth in the 500m (41.20), but had rebounded impressively to win the 3,000m (4:19.99) and finish second in the 1,500m (2:04.99) and 5,000m (7:29.50).
		"After the 1,500m (Pechstein) started creeping closer and so I was really nervous before the 5,000," said Klassen, who raced against Pechstein in the final pairing of the event.
	www.canoe.ca /Slam030210/win_ss1-sun.html (623 words)

	Ådne Søndrål
		Pechstein, who turned 30 on Friday, skated the 12½-lap race in 6 minutes, 46.91 seconds - bettering by 2.31 seconds the mark set 90 minutes earlier by Gretha Smit of the Netherlands.
		After that the German Claudia Pechstein appeared on the track, the woman from Rouveen realised soon that silver was the most she could achieve in Salt Lake City.
		The job that Claudia Pechstein did is even more impressing”.
	www.sondral.com /cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?newsid1014630737,72475, (548 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Speed Skating - Pechstein sets world record, wins 5,000 meter gold - Saturday ...
		Posted: Saturday February 23, 2002 4:56 PM Updated: Saturday February 23, 2002 9:17 PM Claudia Pechstein became just the second speed skater to win three Olympic titles in a row.
		Pechstein earned her second gold medal of these Games, and became only the second speed skater to ever win three consecutive Olympic titles in the same event.
		Pechstein, who turned 30 on Friday, skated the 12 1/2-lap race in 6 minutes, 46.91 seconds -- bettering by 2.31 seconds the mark set 90 minutes earlier by Gretha Smit of the Netherlands.
	www.cnn.com /cnnsi/olympics/2002/speed_skating/news/2002/02/23/womens_5000_ap (852 words)

	German Info: Germany at the Olympics
		Her rival, Claudia Pechstein, skipped the last World Cup competition before the games in mid-January because of the flu.
		While Friesinger is looking to improve on her one bronze medal finish in the 1998 Nagano games (in the 3000-meter behind Pechstein), Pechstein is going for an unprecedented third consecutive gold medal in the 5000-meter.
		The athletic rivalry between Friesinger and Pechstein moved off the ice this month as the two have exchanged verbal barbs in the media.
	www.germany-info.org /relaunch/info/publications/infocus/olympics2002/speed.html (530 words)

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