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Wang Meng bags the bronze medal again
(AFP)
Updated: 2006-02-19 08:49
China's Meng Wang skates during the Ladies'
1500m finals during the short track competition at the 2006 Winter
Olympics at the Palavela in Turin. South Korean Jin Sun-Yu won the gold
medal while her compatriot Choi Eun-Kyung took the silver and Wang
captured the bronze. [AFP]
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Wang Meng, the Chinese gold medalist in the 500 meters on Wednesday, won the
bronze medal in the Olympic women's 1,500m short track speed skating event
Saturday in Turin.
China's star skater Yang Yang, a double gold medalist at the Salt Lake City
Games, failed to make the final.
World number one Jin Sun-yu of South Korea lived up to her fame by winning
the gold medal in the 1,500m.
Jin, 17, finished in two minutes 23.494 seconds, and compatriot Choi
Eun-kyung took silver in 2:24.069.
Byun Chun-sa, who crossed the line third, was disqualified, denying South
Korea a clean sweep.
Jin, who has dominated the 1,500m event this season with two golds, a silver
and a bronze in four World Cup races, started the seven-woman final slowly but
overtook the pack with one lap remaining before winning with a big margin.
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