Kalon dobbin biography

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New Zealand Speed Skater Steals the Show at 2005 World Games

Kalon Dobbin Wins Two Golds, One Silver in First Three Events

By Robert "Just the Factoids" Burnson

After skating in the shadow of his younger brother Shane for much of the season, Kalon Dobbin is finding his place in the sun at the rainy World Games in Duisberg, Germany.

So far, the elder Dobbin (28 years old) has medaled in every event, earning two gold and one silver medal.

No other skater has earned more than one medal after three events.

(And the closest brother Shane has come to a medal was in the 300-meter time trial, in which he finished fifth.)

Kalon Dobbin won his second gold medal today. It came in the finals of the 500 meters, which the New Zealander easily won with a time of 44.89 seconds.

Colombia's Anderson Ariza Rincon finished nearly half a second behind him (45.37).

Countryman Camilo Orozco Fuentes finished four hundredths of a second later to take the bronze.

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