Sáblíková takes speed skating gold at World Championships

Czech speed skater Martina Sáblíková has taken the gold medal at the World Championships in Hamar, Norway. Sunday’s victory was Sáblíková’s first in a multi-discipline competition. After four races, Sáblíková won gold with a lead of nearly half a second over Canadian Kristina Groves, who came second. The twenty-one year old Czech was sitting fourth with one race left, in her strongest event, the 5000 metres. After the competition, Sáblíková told journalists that she felt she was having her best season to date.