Speedskating: Sáblíková wins World Cup event in Kazakhstan

Czech speedskater Martina Sáblíková on Saturday claimed her first World Cup title of the season when she won a 5,000-metre event in Kazakhstan. The Olympic champion beat Germany’s Claudia Pechstein in second place, and Olga Graf of Russia, who finished third. The win in the season’s third event put Sáblíková to the lead of the World Cup’s standings in her category.