{"id":56345,"date":"2018-02-20T13:31:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T19:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=56345"},"modified":"2018-02-20T13:31:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T19:31:23","slug":"uwms-whitmore-places-15th-mens-500-meter-speedskating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwms-whitmore-places-15th-mens-500-meter-speedskating\/","title":{"rendered":"UWM&#8217;s Whitmore places 15th in men&#8217;s 500-meter speedskating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UWM student and Team USA speedskater Mitchell Whitmore posted the fastest American time but finished 15th in the Winter Olympics men\u2019s 500-meter speedskating medal race on Feb. 19.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmore\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympic.org\/pyeongchang-2018\/results\/en\/speed-skating\/result-men-s-500m-fnl-000100-.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">time of 35.13 seconds<\/a> marked his best finish in a Winter Olympics 500-meter race to date. In 2014 at Sochi he placed 27th and in 2010 at Vancouver he placed 37th.<\/p>\n<p>Norway\u2019s Havard Lorentzen won gold in this year\u2019s 500-meter race, setting a new Olympic record of 34.41 seconds in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA speedskating has one medalist in Pyeongchang thus far; first-time Olympian John-Henry Krueger won silver in the men\u2019s 1,000-meter short-track race.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmore is also expected to compete in the 1,000-meter long-track race on Feb. 23. Team USA\u2019s Shani Davis currently holds the world record in the event \u2013 1:06.42 \u2013 set in Salt Lake City in 2009. 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