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ERFURT, Germany -- Olympic gold medalist Shani Davis of the United States collected his fifth 1,000-meter World Cup victory of the season on Saturday to clinch the overall title before the World Cup finale next weekend.
In the first World Cup since the Vancouver Olympics, Davis won the 1,000 in 1 minute, 9.29 seconds. The Olympic 1,500 gold medalist Mark Tuitert of the Netherlands was second, 14-hundredths of a second slower.
One week before the finale in Heerenveen, Davis clinched his third straight overall World Cup title.
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