In the women's event, the German team of Daniela Thoms Anschutz, Stephanie Beckert and Katrine Mattscherodt was trailing Japan headed into the final meters, but a huge surge at the end of the race earned the Germans the gold by just 0.02 seconds.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

The Czech obliterated her opponents with a time of four minutes 02.53, over two seconds ahead of Germany's Stephanie Beckert, who took silver.

BBC: Martina Sablikova wins 3,000m speed skating gold medal