Martina Sabliková of Czech Republic won the gold medal in the Speed Skating Ladies' 3,000m yesterday on day 3 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Her winning time was 4 minutes, 2.53 seconds, comfortably ahead of the silver medalist, Stephanie Beckert of Germany (4:04.62) Ms. Sabliková is 23 and is the elder sister of fellow speedskater Milan Sáblík.
Martina Sáblíková and Milan Sáblík are a rare example of sister and brother both holding world records in the same sport at the same time; Martina holds the (senior) world records in the 5,000 m and 10,000 m events (both from March 2007), while Milan shares the junior world record for the team pursuit with fellow Czech junior skaters(from November 2007).
Neither The Czech Republic nor its predecessor nation, Czechoslovakia, had ever won a medal of any color in speedskating, until yesterday. ...today she is ALL over the news over here in Prague. (Photo not mine, of course, credit to AP)
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