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Chinese Wang Meng wins third gold at Vancouver Games
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February 27, 2010, Saturday
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CHINESE top skater Wang Meng won her third gold medal at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games as she dashed to the finish line first in the women's 1,000m short track speed skating final yesterday evening.
Wang fought for the leading position harshly with South Korean Park Seung-Hi and managed to keep it until finishing the race in one minute and 29.213 seconds.
This is Wang's third gold at the Pacific Coliseum after the 24-year-old team captain defended her title in the 500m race last Wednesday and led her teammates to top the podium of 3,000m relay one week later.
American Katherine Reutter grabbed the silver medal in 1:29.324 and Park trailed behind to claim the bronze in 1:29.379 seconds.
Wang's teammate Zhou Yang, who broke the world record of the distance in the semifinal was disqualified in the four-member final.
Zhou, 18, slipped 0.446 seconds off the previous world record of one minute and 29.495 seconds, which was set by her teammate Wang Meng in Harbin, China in 2008.
Zhou has snatched two gold medals at her first Olympic Games as she held back three tough rivals from South Korea in the 1,500m final last Saturday and was a member of the Chinese winning team in the 3,000m relay on Wednesday.
Wang fought for the leading position harshly with South Korean Park Seung-Hi and managed to keep it until finishing the race in one minute and 29.213 seconds.
This is Wang's third gold at the Pacific Coliseum after the 24-year-old team captain defended her title in the 500m race last Wednesday and led her teammates to top the podium of 3,000m relay one week later.
American Katherine Reutter grabbed the silver medal in 1:29.324 and Park trailed behind to claim the bronze in 1:29.379 seconds.
Wang's teammate Zhou Yang, who broke the world record of the distance in the semifinal was disqualified in the four-member final.
Zhou, 18, slipped 0.446 seconds off the previous world record of one minute and 29.495 seconds, which was set by her teammate Wang Meng in Harbin, China in 2008.
Zhou has snatched two gold medals at her first Olympic Games as she held back three tough rivals from South Korea in the 1,500m final last Saturday and was a member of the Chinese winning team in the 3,000m relay on Wednesday.
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