Speed Skating - Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics - Men's 1000m competition finals - Gangneung Oval - Gangneung, South Korea - February 23, 2018 - Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands celebrates after winning a gold medal. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - Dutch speed skater Kjeld Nuis held his nerve to claim gold in the men's Olympic 1,000 metres by the slimmest of margins ahead of Norwegian Havard Lorentzen at the Gangneung Oval on Friday.
Racing in the final pair, Nuis finished 0.04 seconds ahead of Lorentzen to win his second gold medal of the Games. South Korea's Kim Tae-yun took bronze.
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