Word: shimizu
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...only to veer wildly off across the mountain. Finding his way back to the piste, he resumed once more. Needless to say, he didn't make the cut. It was an apt encapsulation of Asia's performance: doing nothing right, over and over. True, tiny dynamo Hiroyasu Shimizu won silver for the 500-m speedskate, losing to American Casey FitzRandolph by only 0.03 seconds. But Shimizu, on painkillers for a back injury, got gold four years ago in Nagano, when Japan won five gold medals in all. This year it will be lucky to get any. The big Asian upset...
...wrong side was the defending Olympic champion, and current world-record holder in the event, Hiroyasu Shimizu of Japan. It was a very big day for speedskating in America: not only did FitzRandolph capture the gold, but his teammate Kip Carpenter took the bronze. Three speedskating events down, seven to go, and already the U.S. has three unexpected medals in these Winter Games...
...meter skates that each competitor must execute in the competition, FitzRandolph set an Olympic record with a time of 34.42 while Canadian Jeremy Wotherspoon, considered a definite medal favorite, didn't finish his race. That left FitzRandolph in first place coming into Tuesday's second run; Shimizu second. Twenty-four hours to think about what might be accomplished. "The last 24 hours haven't been too relaxing," he admitted. He and Carpenter, who skated the third best time on Monday, retreated to living quarters that they are sharing, and relaxed by watching "hunting shows...
...Tuesday, in a somewhat serendipitous coupling, FitzRandolph and Carpenter came to the starting line together as the final twosome to race. Shimizu was in first place with a combined time of 69.26. FitzRandolph needed a 34.83 to win. He would skate a 34.81."I didn't get off line well," he explained later. "Kip was kicking my butt after 20 meters. It told me I needed to drop the hammer...