OlympicTalk · Nov 14, 2015
Brittany Bowe, Heather Richardson trade 1000m world records
Brittany Bowe rebroke her 1000m world record on Saturday. Heather Richardson took it away about three minutes later.
The U.S. Olympic teammates went one-two in the season-opening World Cup on blazing-fast ice in Calgary.
Bowe, the reigning World Sprint champion, began the day holding the world record of 1:12.58 in the distance, set on Nov. 17, 2013, in Salt Lake City, an oval also known for quick times.
Bowe raced just under it in Calgary, in 1:12.54.
Richardson, the World 500m champion, followed in the next pair and knocked Bowe out of the record books in 1:12.51.