China’s Wang wins 1,000, earns third gold medal of Vancouver Olympics; American Reutter second

Wang wins 1,000 for her third gold medal

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Wang Meng of China has won her third gold medal at the Olympic short track, holding off American Katherine Reutter in the women’s 1,000 meters.

Wang added to her golds in the 500 and 3,000 relay. Her teammate, Zhou Yang, also was going for a third gold medal but was bumped out in a a furious bid for the front with three laps to go; it didn’t matter, she was disqualified for her daring move in Friday night’s race.

Reutter won her second medal of the Vancouver Games, having also been part of the U.S. relay team that won bronze. South Korea’s Park Seung-hi claimed the bronze.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Charles Hamelin claimed Canada’s first gold medal at the short track, staggering across the finish line in a wild finish that resulted in the disqualification of Apolo Anton Ohno.

Hamelin slipped by South Korea’s Sung Si-bak on the final turn, then held on when Sung lost an edge and crashed into the padded boards. Right behind them, Ohno was trying to get inside Canada’s Francois Louis-Tremblay, but wound up knocking him into the boards — a move that got the American DQed, denying him a third individual medal at these games.

Sung slid across the line and wound up getting the silver. Tremblay was awarded the bronze after getting up to finish.