Wang wins 1,000m silver in Shanghai
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December 9, 2012, Sunday
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OLYMPIC champion Wang Meng of China finally made the podium in the 1,000-meter race of the ISU World Cup short-track speedskating event in Shanghai yesterday after failing to qualify for the 1,000 final in the previous three legs.
Wang and teammate Liu Qiuhong trailed South Korean Park Seung-hi and British Elise Christie for the most of the 1,000 final, but in the last meters Wang passed Christie with a strong sprint to finish the second in 1:30.558.
Park brought home the gold at 1:30.454, while Christie was third in 1:30.582. Liu was fourth.
"I tried to cooperate with Liu in the final, but there was almost no space left on the inside lane," said Wang. "So I had to wait until Christie slowed down. I found the chance in the last meters to pass her. She was No. 1 in the 1,000 last year."
Wang, who was expelled from the national team last August for punching team manager Wang Chunlu after breaking team rules, had her suspension lifted in September and has dominated the 500 event in the ISU World Cup with a hat-trick of victories. Yet she could not make it to the 1,000 final at consecutive events.
"I am satisfied with the silver," said the 27-year-old Wang, who has four Olympic gold medals under her belt. "It was my first 1,000 meters final of this season and I finished with a medal. I think that is good enough."
In the men's 1,000, Chinese Liang Wenhao also settle for silver in 1:27.198 with South Korea's Kwak Yoon-gy winning in 1:27.028. Niels Kerstholt of the Netherlands took bronze in 1:27.241.
Wang and teammate Liu Qiuhong trailed South Korean Park Seung-hi and British Elise Christie for the most of the 1,000 final, but in the last meters Wang passed Christie with a strong sprint to finish the second in 1:30.558.
Park brought home the gold at 1:30.454, while Christie was third in 1:30.582. Liu was fourth.
"I tried to cooperate with Liu in the final, but there was almost no space left on the inside lane," said Wang. "So I had to wait until Christie slowed down. I found the chance in the last meters to pass her. She was No. 1 in the 1,000 last year."
Wang, who was expelled from the national team last August for punching team manager Wang Chunlu after breaking team rules, had her suspension lifted in September and has dominated the 500 event in the ISU World Cup with a hat-trick of victories. Yet she could not make it to the 1,000 final at consecutive events.
"I am satisfied with the silver," said the 27-year-old Wang, who has four Olympic gold medals under her belt. "It was my first 1,000 meters final of this season and I finished with a medal. I think that is good enough."
In the men's 1,000, Chinese Liang Wenhao also settle for silver in 1:27.198 with South Korea's Kwak Yoon-gy winning in 1:27.028. Niels Kerstholt of the Netherlands took bronze in 1:27.241.
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