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Lee Sang-hwa wins 500m sprints at World Cup meet

December 5, 2014
Lee Sang-hwa from South Korea competes during the Women's 500 meters race of the speed skating World Cup, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Lee Sang-hwa from South Korea competes during the Women’s 500 meters race of the speed skating World Cup, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

BERLIN (AP) — Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea won the women’s 500-meter sprint at a World Cup speedskating meet on Friday in Berlin, Germany.

Lee clocked 37.87 to beat Heather Richardson of the United States by 0.34 seconds. Lee has won four of five sprints this season. Margot Boer of the Netherlands was third.

Olympic champion Irene Wust of the Netherlands easily won her second 3,000-meter race of the season in 4 minutes, 1.55 seconds, ahead of teammate Marije Joling and Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic.