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U.S. short track speedskaters long on success

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The U.S. women’s short track speedskating team made history by earning a first-place team classification at the last World Cup event of the season, a first for the women.

Champions for the women at the event in Dresden, Germany, were Kimberly Derrick of Memphis, Tenn., in the 1,000 and the women’s 3,000-meter relay team. Katherine Reutter of Champaign, Ill., won silver medals in the 1,000 and 1,500.

Among the men, J.R. Celski of Federal Way, Wash. -- a recent graduate of Lakewood High -- won the 1,500 and was second in the 1,000, and Anthony Lobello of Tallahassee, Fla., was second in the 500.

The men were ranked second in the team classification even though Apolo Anton Ohno didn’t compete in the last two World Cup events and Jordan Malone of Denton, Texas, was pulled from the competition because of an injury.

Next up is the short track world championships in Vienna in two weeks.

-- Helene Elliott

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