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Olympic champion Wang storms into women's 500m quarters
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February 14, 2010, Sunday
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DEFENDING champion Wang Meng of China stormed into the women's 500 meters quarterfinals of the Vancouver Winter Olympics in Vancouver yesterday.
The 25-year-old Wang, the world record holder of the event and an overall World Cup leader this season, set a new Olympic record of 43.926 seconds on the way of winning her heat race at the Pacific Coliseum.
While the Chinese team, which has taken home the gold medal of the women's 500m in the last two Games, was hit by the loss of Zhao Nannan who tumbled following a body contact with Frenchwomen Veronique Pierron before finishing at bottom of her pool.
All three South Korean skaters entering the competition advanced into Wednesday's quarterfinals where they will be joined by American medal hopeful Katherine Reutter and Bulgarian veteran Evgenia Radanova.
The 25-year-old Wang, the world record holder of the event and an overall World Cup leader this season, set a new Olympic record of 43.926 seconds on the way of winning her heat race at the Pacific Coliseum.
While the Chinese team, which has taken home the gold medal of the women's 500m in the last two Games, was hit by the loss of Zhao Nannan who tumbled following a body contact with Frenchwomen Veronique Pierron before finishing at bottom of her pool.
All three South Korean skaters entering the competition advanced into Wednesday's quarterfinals where they will be joined by American medal hopeful Katherine Reutter and Bulgarian veteran Evgenia Radanova.
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