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SPORTSFriday 12 February 2016
NASCAR spot in the field. — There pole qualifying. — Quali-
will be four open spots up fying sets the front row for
Continued on Next Page for grabs. the Daytona 500 and the
— The highest-finishing non- starting lineup for the duel
“And if they can’t get charter teams in the two races. — If weather wipes
that far before the yellow duel races will earn a spot out qualifying and the duel
comes out, let’s line them in the Daytona 500 field. races, combined practice
up again and again and — The other two open speeds will determine the
again until it’s a clean run.” spots will be determined by four non-charter teams.q
NASCAR also officially an-
nounced Thursday that the Kramer wins 10,000m at
Sprint Cup field will be re- world skating championships
duced to 40 drivers from 43
In this Sept. 26, 2015, file photo, Ryan Blaney adjusts his cap because of its new charter
after winning the NASCAR Xfinity series auto race at Kentucky model that guarantees a
Speedway in Sparta, Ky. spot in the field for 36 cars.
It also detailed plans for
Associated Press Daytona 500 qualifying:
— The 36 teams with a
charter earn an automatic
Sven Kramer, of the Netherlands, competes to win the men’s
10000 meter race of the speedskating single distance World
Championships in Kolomna, Russia, on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016.
Associated Press
KOLOMNA, Russia (AP) — the Dutch skater, widely
Dutch speedskater Sven regarded as among the
Kramer stormed to victory sport’s all-time greats.
in the 10,000 meters as Martina Sablikova of the
the world single distance Czech Republic narrowly
championships opened in retained her title in the
Russia. women’s 3,000m with a
Kramer set a time of 12 victory over longtime rival
minutes, 56.77 seconds to Ireen Wust of The Nether-
win by almost three sec- lands.
onds Thursday over Cana- Sablikova won in 4:03.05,
da’s Ted-Jan Bloemen, the just 0.08 seconds ahead of
world record-holder who Wust, whose Dutch team-
finished in 12:59.69. mate Antoinette de Jong
Bronze went to a second took bronze in 4:04.25.
Dutch skater, Erik Jan Koo- The championships run
iman, who was 5.38 sec- through Sunday in Kolom-
onds off Kramer’s time. na, near Moscow. Friday
It is Kramer’s 16th career features the women’s
gold medal at the cham- 1,000m and 5,000m events
pionships but the first in plus the men’s 1,500m
the 10,000m since 2009 for and team pursuit.q
