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Canadians Nesbitt Groves 12 in World Cup race News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpCharlottetown Change City1c Mostly CloudyTomorrow11c A few flurries 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 LICENSE EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Canadians Nesbitt Groves 12 in World Cup raceLast Updated Wednesday January 13 2010 248 PM ET Comments3Recommend12By Chris Iorfida CBC Sports Christine Nesbitt raced to gold on Saturday at the Utah Olympic Oval (Colin E BraleyAssociated Press)Canadian speedskaters Christine Nesbitt and Kristina Groves were the top two skaters in World Cup 1500metre action for the second straight week but this time it was Nesbitt with the edgeThe London Ont native won her second World Cup 1500 of the season at the Utah Olympic Oval finishing in one minute 5276 seconds while in the same pairing as her teammate from last weeks team pursuit world recordI started really faster than I expected and I died really hard but it was still enough Nesbitt said I have a hard time racing Kristina because she sneaks up on me at the end Today I didnt careOttawa native Groves was second in 15332 with American Jennifer Rodriguez rounding out the podium at 15419Groves holds the World Cup lead at the distance with 410 points Nesbitt has 360 points with Ireen Wst of the Netherlands in third with 257Winnipegs Brittany Schussler and Cindy Klassen were seventh and 13th respectivelyGroves also captured a medal on Friday earning bronze in the 3000Jamie Gregg of Edmonton narrowly missed his second World Cup medal of the season on Saturday settling for fourth in the mens 500metre race topped by South Koreans KyouHuk Lee and KangSeok Lee respectivelyGregg clocked 3436 seconds one100th behind Tucker Fredericks of the US Gregg earned his first World Cup medal ever last week with a bronze at the Calgary Oval in the 500Jeremy Wotherspoon of Red Deer Alta the world record holder in the distance skated in the A race but had issues with the clap mechanism in his skate and finished 20th of 21 skaters in 4595 secondsMontreals Mathieu Giroux was fifth in the mens 5000 Sverre Hagli of Norway won the race in 61859 followed by Germanys Patrick Beckert and Slawomir Chmura of PolandWith files from The Canadian Press This story is now closed to c...