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- Eric HeidenΓÇÖs five Olympic speed skating
- gold medals are especially amazing when
- you consider that he won races at distances
- ranging from a sprint (500 meters, which he
- did in 38.03 seconds) to long distance
- (10,000 meters, which he finished in 14
- minutes, 28.13 seconds). Try to imagine a
- runner winning the 100 meters and the
- marathon, and you have an idea of the
- achievement.
-
- In 1964, Lydia Skoblikova of the Soviet
- Union won four races in the womenΓÇÖs
- Olympic speed skating competition, from
- 500 meters to 3,000 meters.
-
- Eric's and LydiaΓÇÖs feats will probably never
- be matched. Today, most skaters choose to
- specialize in either sprint or distance events.