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American wins shocking silver medal in speed skating when a crash left just 2 skaters standing on the final lap

Published by Business Insider on Sun, 18 Feb 2018


American John-Henry Kreuger pulled a big upset, winning silver, just behind Canadian Samuel Girard in the 1,000-meter event in speed skating.Kreuger was in a good position, but got some help when a crash took out the favorites with just one lap to go.Krueger seemed as shocked as anybody when he realized the silver medal was his.In speed skating, sometimes it pays off to just be one of the last skaters standing ... literally.American John-Henry Kreuger surprised a lot of people ' himself included ' when he won silver in speed skating after three of the other four finalists crashed with just one lap to go during the 1,000-meter event.Kreuger was actually in a good position with two laps to go, sitting just behind the leader, Canadian Samuel Girard. But when Liu Shaolin Sandor of Hungary tried to move up on the penultimate lap, he took out himself and both of the Korean skaters, the favorites heading into the final.That left just Krueger and Girard as the only skaters upright with one lap to go.During the first turn on the final lap, Krueger looked back and could see that the three skaters behind him had all been taken out.At this point, Krueger appeared to take his foot of the gas pedal a touch. He might not have caught Girard anyway, but it appeared as if Krueger was just content with not messing up the final half-lap and the guaranteed silver medal.As Krueger crossed the finish line, he looked over at the official results and held up his hands, seemingly in disbelief.He joined Apolo Ohno as the only the second American man to ever medal in the 1000m.He then leaped the wall and into his coach's arms.Here is video of the final laps.Yinz better believe it! Pittsburgh's own @real_johnhenry breaks America's individual speed skating medal drought with silver in the 1000m. #WinterOlympics https://t.co/qGQPMUwUzz pic.twitter.com/GoJJoOq0B1' NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 18, 2018SEE ALSO:The best photos of the Winter Olympics so farJoin the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: Why North Korea sent hundreds of cheerleaders to the Olympics
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