Marsicano makes last lap a swift one

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RICHMOND, Canada -- Fast-rising U.S. speed skater Trevor Marsicano upset Shani Davis to win the 1,000 meters at the World Single Distance Championships today at the 2010 Winter Olympic oval.

Marsicano, 19, put together a stunning last lap to win in 1 minute, 8.96 seconds. Denny Morrison of Canada was second in 1:09, with Davis third in 1:09.02.

Davis, who occasionally trains with Marsicano in Milwaukee, had won the 1,000 the past two years.

Marsicano, of Ballston Spa, N.Y., was second in Thursday’s 1,500, his first world championship medal. Last week in Salt Lake City, he briefly set a world record of 1:06.88 in the 1,000, only to have Davis break it minutes later with a 1:06:42.

Heading into the final 400 meters here, Davis, skating in the last of 12 pairs, had been nearly 3/10ths of a second faster than Marsicano, who skated in the sixth pair.

-- Philip Hersh