WOMEN'S 1,000M IN THE WORLD CUP SPEEDSKATING IN NAGANO, JAPAN, 1998-12-12 (photo)

Canada's Catriona LeMay Doan (2nd L) waves with silver medalist Eriko Sanmiya (L) of Japan, bronze medalists Chris Witty (2nd R) of the United States and Monique Garbrecht of Germany during the award ceremony for the women's 1,000-metre race in the 1998/99 season's opening of the World Cup speedskating sprint competition at the M-Wave in Nagano, central Japan December 12. LeMay Doan won the race in one minute 18.07 seconds after heer victory in the women's 500-metre. Sanmiya placed second in 1:18.49 seconds. Witty, the world record holder of the women's 1,000-metre, and Garbrecht palced third with same timing of 1:18.63. KM/TAN