CALGARY, Canada  - Germany's Anni Friesinger and Canada's Denny Morrison won their first 1,000-metre races of the speedskating season here Sunday on the final day of a World Cup meet at the 1988 Olympic Oval.

Denny Morrison leads his Canadian teammates Arne Dankers and Steven Elm to a first place finish in the men's pursuit race during the 2007 ISU World Cup Speed Skating Championships at the Calgary Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, November 18, 2007. [Agencies]

Friesinger, third at last year's Turin Winter Olympics in the event, won the event in 1 min 13.49 secs with Canada's Christine Nesbitt second in 1:14.14 and Italy's Chiara Simionato third, another .01 of a second behind.

Friesinger and China's Wang Beixing, who was seventh Sunday, had shared the World Cup season lead after two races but the triumph left the German in first with 260 points, 40 ahead of Simionato and 50 in front of Nesbitt.

Morrison won the men's 1,000m title in 1:07.25 with countryman Jeremy Wotherspoon second in 1:07.31 to keep his World Cup overall lead at the distance and Dutchman Simon Kuipers third in 1:07.39.

South Korean Lee Kyou-Hyuk was fourth in 1:07.40 with reigning Olympic champion Shani Davis of the United States another .01 back. Davis was the first black athlete to win an individual gold medal with his 2006 Turin triumph.

Canada won the men's pursuit while Germany took the women's race. Both were the first competition of the World Cup campaign in the event.