It separates 42 hundredths from the American winner Brittany Bowe. Wiklund was just three tenths from a podium spot when she clocked a time of 1.52.47 and the best record. It was 14 hundredths faster than when she recently set a Norwegian record in Salt Lake City.
The 21-year-old from Oslo won a sensational World Cup gold in the 1,500 meters last winter. She will be a candidate for the Norwegian medal at the Beijing Olympics in February.
In the men’s 1000 meters, Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen was fourth. He finished in 1.07.11 and was 45 hundredths behind Chinese winner Ning Zhongyan. Also a week ago, Lorentzen finished fourth in the distance.
Allan Dahl Johansson arrived at 1.07.99 and was number 14.
Earlier on Sunday, Bjørn Magnussen was the fastest in Group B over 500 meters. With a time of 34.36, the man from Trøndelag set the best record, and he broke Russian world record holder Pavel Kulizhnikov by three hundredths of a second. The two went together.
The 23-year-old lowered his personal best by 13 hundredths. He clocked a better time than reigning Olympic champion Lorentzen in Group A on Canadian ice.
The Bergen native got off to a rocky start and also failed to secure a good finish. Lorentzen shook his head when 34.65 came to the light panel. He only occupied 19th place. He finished 74/100 seconds behind Russian winner Viktor Mushtakov.
Lorentzen did better on the double distance a few hours later.
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