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Groves grabs speedskating bronze in Utah News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpHalifax (Shearwater) Change City9c Tomorrow0c Snow and blowing snow Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool FIFA World Cup Vancouver Now Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Groves grabs speedskating bronze in UtahLast Updated Friday December 11 2009 603 PM ET The Associated Press Canadas Kristina Groves wins a bronze at the final speedskating World Cup event before the Vancouver Olympics (Jeff McIntoshCanadian Press)Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic won the 3000 metres in Kearns Utah on Friday at the final speedskating World Cup event before the Vancouver Olympics while Canadas Kristina Groves won bronzeSablikova skated the 7 12 laps in three minutes 5629 seconds in the final at the Utah Olympic Oval She finished 149 seconds ahead of Germanys Stephanie Beckert who crossed the line in 35778 while skating in the same final pairing as SablikovaOttawas Groves was third in 35867Clara Hughes of Glen Sutton Que finished eighth in 40214 while Winnipegs Brittany Schussler was ninth in 40317Cindy Klassen also of Winnipeg was 12th with a time of 40430Claudia Pechstein of Germany who is appealing her doping ban finished 13th in 40459Wolf breaks recordJenny Wolf of Germany broke her own world record in the 500 metres Wolf skated the race in 37 seconds bettering her old mark of 3702She skated in the final pair against Chinas Wang Beixing who finished second in 3715Lee SangHwa of South Korea was third in 3724 Elli Ochowicz set an American record in finishing sixth in 3774Christine Nesbitt of London Ont the lone Canadian in the race finished 13th in 3812 The Canadian Press 2009 Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK RelatedInternal LinksGregg Dodging paper bullets on the World Cup trail Amateur Sports HeadlinesTop Headlines Recommended Commented Humphries drives Canada to bobsleigh gold Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse set start and track records on the way to a gold medal in the World Cup event at Altenberg Germany on Saturday Manny golden on the Italian hills Canadas Manuel OsborneParadis has won a World Cup downhill at Val Gardena Italy VanderBeek My Olympic dream is over F...