Kazakhstan’s Morozova skates to bronze at Speed Skating World Cup in Calgary

ASTANA. KAZINFORM – Kazakhstani speed skater Nadezhda Morozova earned bronze at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating in Calgary, Canada, Kazinform has learned from Olympic.kz.

Morozova clocked the distance in 1:53.03 in the Women’s 1,500m event winning bronze.

Dutch Antoinette Rijpma de Jong took home silver by crossing the finish line in 1:52.70, 0.62 seconds behind the leader - Japanese Miho Takagi.

Another Kazakhstani Yekaterina Aydova was placed 12^th covering the distance in 1:55.91.

One week earlier at another Women’s 1,500m event at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Calgary Morozova won silver. She crossed in 1:52.823, fraction of a second behind Japanese Takagi. Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong finished third settling for bronze at that event.

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