Canadian speedskater Denny Morrison captured his first World Cup victory Saturday, winning the 1,000 metres and setting a track record in the process.
  
Christine Nesbitt of London, Ont., added a bronze in the women's event.

Morrison, from Fort St. John, B.C., posted a time of one minute 8.71 seconds for the victory at Kolomna Speedskating Center, 100 kilometres southeast of Moscow.

Stefan Groothuis of the Netherlands was second in 1:08.97, while Russia's Yevgeny Lalenkov took the bronze in 1:09.02.

Margot Boer set a track record to win the women's 1,000 in 1:15.84. China's Yu Jing came in second, 0.16 seconds behind, while Nesbitt crossed 1:16.26, good enough to keep the Canadian atop the overall 1,000-metre standings with 450 points.

Nesbitt is followed by Kristina Groves of Ottawa (430) and Shannon Rempel of Winnipeg (361).

Germany's Jenny Wolf won the women's 500 metres for her seventh World Cup victory this season, while overall world sprint champion Shani Davis of the U.S. sat out the men's race with an injury.

Davis, who won his first overall sprint championship title in Moscow last weekend, cut his right leg with his left blade with 200 metres left in the men's 500. Davis finished the race on one leg and was forced to skip the 1,000 metres. He leads the men's 1,000-metre World Cup standings.

Davis said he didn't need to be admitted into hospital but wasn't sure if he would be able to compete in Sunday's event.

Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan won the men's 500 in 34.85 seconds. World Cup 500-metre leader Yu Fengtong of China was second, 0.04 seconds behind. Yuya Oikawa of Japan had a time of 34.96 seconds to finish third.

Davis leads the standings with 530 points after winning three races this season. Morrison is second with 420. Groothuis has 375 points for third.

Wolf continued her domination in the women's 500-metre events, winning her seventh race of nine this season with a track-record time of 37.51 seconds. Annette Gerritsen of the Netherlands second in 38.02, followed by China's Yu Jing in 38.17.

Wolf leads the standings with 785 points. Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea is second with 590. Gerritsen has 450 for third.

The meet continues Sunday with 100, 500 and 1,000-metre races.

With files from The Associated Press