BEIJING, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- American skaters Jordan Stolz and Erin Jackson won men's and women's 500m respectively at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Nagano, Japan on Sunday.

Stolz had bagged three golds in the tournament before seizing the men's 500m title in 34.41 seconds, just 0.08s ahead of the runner-up Tatsuya Shinhama of Japan, while the bronze went to Merijn Scheperkamp of the Netherlands.

The 32-year-old Jackson finished first in 37.78 seconds, beating the Netherlands' Dione Voskamp also by a narrow margin of 0.06 seconds, and fellow American skater Kimi Goetz took the bronze.

Timothy Loubineaud of France pocketed the men's mass start gold in 7 minutes and 52.12 secons, while Marijke Groenewoud of the Netherlands was crowned in the women's mass start in 8:36.64.

Italy and the Netherlands triumphed in the men's and women's team pursuit respectively, while South Korea dominated the mixed relay.

The three-day tournament concluded on Sunday as the United States became the biggest winner with five golds.

The next World Cup event will take place in Beijing from November 29 to December 1. Enditem

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