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United States' Mitchell Whitmore, center, Brent Aussprung, left, and Matt Plummer celebrate their first, second and third place fi Mitchell Whitmore of the USA, left, looses his balance, as he skates against Maciej Biega of Poland, right, during the first of tw Mitchell Whitmore of the United States skates during the men's 1,000 meter race of the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships i Mitchell Whitmore of the USA, left, is comforted by his coach after loosing his balance while skating during the first of two heat Shani Davis of the U.S., left, and Mitchell Whitmore of the U.S. take the start for the second heat of the men's 500-meter speeds Mitchell Whitmore of the U.S. competes during second heat of the men's 500 meter race of the speedskating single distance World Ch Mitchell Whitmore celebrates on the podium following his win in the men's 500 meters during the U.S. Olympic speedskating trials S Mitchell Whitmore slows after winning the men's 500 meters during the U.S. Olympic speedskating trials Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, in