Cindy Klassen
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"Cindy Klassen", is a Canadian long track speed skater. She is a six-time medalist having achieved one gold, two silver, three bronze at the Winter Olympics. Klassen is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympic Games/Olympian with six medals each. Both Klassen and Hughes are from Winnipeg.

She is the only Canadian Olympian to win five medals in a single Olympic games and the first female speed skater to win five medals in a single games at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. She is the current world record holder over two distances, the 1500 m and the 3000 m. She also holds the Canadian record over 5000 m. Klassen is the leader of the Adelskalender (skating)/Adelskalender, which is the all-time world ranking for speed skating. In 2003, Klassen became the first Canadian in 27 years to win the overall title at the World Speed Skating Championships.

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It's a big confidence boost with the Games coming up. In the 3,000, I tried to approach it the same way as I will in February by staying relaxed, and even when it was getting tough, to make sure I stayed loose.

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It's great to win a bronze medal, but I just want to focus on the next races coming up.

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The Dutch fans are awesome. It's really exciting whenever we race in front of a big crowd of them. They cheer for everybody. That's really special.

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It is as big as a CD (compact disc). They seem to be getting bigger and bigger.

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The ice was tough. I started off at a pace that I thought I could hold. But I died at the end.

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Her and I have really pushed each other to new levels this season.

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It could be anybody's day. I'm going to keep an open mind. Hopefully, the 1,500 will go well. I think (the 1,000) was a good sign for the 1,500 ... I'm looking forward to it.

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My only goal coming here was to do better than Salt Lake and I've already done that.

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I felt really bad for her after the 500. You never want to see that happen with any skater. She's a great athlete. It's really special for her to win this gold medal.

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