Ohno, Wang take 500m gold at World Short Track Speed Skating Championship
SEOUL (AFP) — China's Wang Meng captured her second gold medal at the 2008 ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships here Saturday, winning the women's 500m finals.
American Apolo Anton Ohno took the men's gold in the same distance at the championships in Gangneung on Korea's east coast.
In the women's 500m finals, Wang -- the world record holder in the distance -- took the lead from the start and was never seriously challenged, finishing at 43.888.
It was Wang's second gold during the 2008 tournament. She won the 1500m on Friday.
Liu Qiuhong, also of China, finished second in the women's 500m at 43.973. Canadian Kalyna Roberge took third at 44.018.
In the men's 500m, Ohno won his fourth career world championship gold, sliding in at 42.568.
In the hard-fought race, Ohno took an early lead and never lost it. Canadian Charles Hamelin and South Korean Song Kyung-Taek battled to the finish line for second, with Hamelin (42.625) edging Song by 0.007 seconds.
After the semifinals in the men's 5000m, South Korea, the United States, Canada, Russia and Great Britain qualified for Sunday's finals.
Other races on Sunday, the final day of the competition, include men's and women's 1000m finals, 3000m finals and women's 3000m relay finals.
