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Davis' shot at Olympic history ended Wednesday at Adler Arena when Stefan Groothuis won gold for the Netherlands in the 1,000 meters, dashing the American's hopes of becoming the first male speedskater to capture the same event at three straight Olympics. He crossed the line more than seventh-tenths of a second behind Groothuis' winning time of 1 minute, 8.39 seconds. When the final pair was done, he went over to Groothuis and gave him a congratulatory slap on the back. For good measure, 500 champion Michel Mulder took the bronze, giving the Netherlands 10 out of a possible 15 medals overall through the first five events - a dominating performance that sets them up to crush the record for most speedskating medals by a country at a single Olympics.
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