CALGARY -- Speed skater Ben Donnelly still has a signed Denny Morrison picture on the shelf in his bedroom back home in Oshawa, Ont. He also has tucked away for safekeeping a Denny Morrison Excel Polar Ice gum package from the Vancouver Olympics. Only 19, Donnelly filled in for his hero Saturday in the team pursuit in the World Cup long-track season opener. No one expected the rag-tag group of Donnelly, Ted-Jan Bloemen and Jordan Belchos to even come close to the podium. Wonders never cease. With Morrison in the stands still recovering from a near-fatal motorcycle accident, the Canadian men roared around the track in three minutes, 39.32 seconds to claim gold before a home crowd at Calgary's...
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