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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\n\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- Denis Yuskov won the men's 1,500-meter title Thursday for Russia's first gold medal at the speedskating world championships since 1996.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   In the women's race, 2006 Turin Olympics champion Ireen Wust of the Netherlands won her second worlds gold in the 3,000.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Yuskov finished in 1 minute, 46.32 seconds to edge Olympic 1,000 champion Shani Davis of the United States by 0.51 and compatriot Ivan Skobrev by 0.65 at the Sochi Olympics venue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Davis, three-time world champion at the distance, led by almost a second with one lap left but Yuskov clocked the fastest time of 28.2 seconds for the last 400 meters to win.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   \"It was my best run this season,\" Yuskov said. \"Some five minutes before the heat, I decided that I would make a quick start, and it helped me eventually.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Wust timed 4:02.43 to claim her seventh worlds gold. Defending champion Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic was 2.37 seconds behind, with five-time Olympic winner Claudia Pechstein of Germany 5.32 back to claim her 38th podium finish at the worlds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   The worlds continue Friday with the women's 1,500 and men's 1,000 and 5,000.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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