Editing Clara Hughes (section)

===Long track speed skating===
[[File:Clara Hughes at WC 2007 in Heerenveen.jpg|thumb|left|Hughes skating in 2007]]
In the 2000/2001 season, Hughes made a successful comeback to [[speed skating]], participating in the [[World Single Distance Championships]] in [[Salt Lake City]], where she finished 11th in the 3000&nbsp;m.

The following season, she qualified for the [[2002 Winter Olympics]]. After placing 10th in the 3000&nbsp;m, she won the bronze medal in the 5000&nbsp;m, just ahead of compatriot [[Cindy Klassen]]. With this, she became the second [[speed skater]] to win medals in the Summer and Winter Games — [[Christa Luding-Rothenburger]] won a gold in the 1000&nbsp;m speed skating and silver in the 1000&nbsp;m cycling sprint in 1988. She became the fourth person and second woman to win medals at the Summer and Winter Games. In 2006, she was the only Olympian to have won multiple medals at the Summer Games as well as at the Winter Games.<ref>{{cite news |title=Incredible! Clara Hughes wins another medal |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]] |date=February 24, 2010 |url=http://www.torontosun.com/sports/vancouver2010/news/2010/02/24/13013616-qmi.html |access-date=2010-02-24}}</ref>

[[File:Clara Hughes by Freeman cropped.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Led by Clara Hughes, the Canadian team enters [[BC Place]] during the [[2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics]].]]

In [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]], although she had not been asked, she announced she would not carry the [[Canadian flag]] during the [[2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin, Italy]]. At those Olympics, she won her first gold medal in the 5000&nbsp;m and a silver medal in the team pursuit as part of the Canadian team. She earned her fifth Olympic medal at the 2006 Games, tying the total all-time Canadian medal count record, also held by [[Marc Gagnon]] and [[Phil Edwards (athlete)|Phillip Edwards]]. Klassen set a new record in the same games, winning five medals in Turin, for a total of six.

Inspired by [[Joey Cheek]], who donated his gold medal bonus to [[Right to Play]], Hughes donated $10,000 of her own money to [[Right to Play]] after her 2006 gold medal win in the 5000&nbsp;m.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060225/torino_oly_donation_060225/20060225?s_name=torino2006&no_ads= |title=Canadian Olympian donates $10,000 to charity |author=Canadian Press Wire |date=February 25, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314020825/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060225/torino_oly_donation_060225/20060225?s_name=torino2006&no_ads= |archive-date=March 14, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> (Canada did not give out medal bonuses at the time).

Hughes was also a [[List of speed skating records|world record]] holder on 10,000&nbsp;m track with 14:19.73 on March 13, 2007, on the [[Olympic Oval]] in [[Calgary]], which was beaten by [[Martina Sáblíková]] one year later. However, that time is still the Canadian record.

On January 29, 2010, she was announced as the Canadian Flag Bearer for the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in Vancouver.<ref>{{cite news |first=Shi |last=Davidi |title='Someone who is truly remarkable': Clara Hughes named flag-bearer for Vancouver |newspaper=[[Winnipeg Free Press]] |date=January 30, 2010 |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews/Hughes-to-be-flag-bearer-at-Olympics-coach-says.html |access-date=2010-02-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204103740/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews/Hughes-to-be-flag-bearer-at-Olympics-coach-says.html |archive-date=February 4, 2010}}</ref>  During the games she won a bronze medal in the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres|5,000 metres]] which was also the final Olympic speed skating race of her career. Her time of 6:55.73 became a new track record, though her time was soon beaten by [[Stephanie Beckert]] of Germany and gold medalist [[Martina Sáblíková]] of the Czech Republic. This brought her career medals total to six, tying teammate [[Cindy Klassen]] as the Canadian athlete with the most medals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hughes adds another bronze to incredible resume |publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer|Slam! Sports]] |date=February 24, 2010 |access-date=2010-02-24 |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2010Vancouver/News/2010/02/24/13013706-qmi.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714194522/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2010Vancouver/News/2010/02/24/13013706-qmi.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 14, 2012}}</ref>