Charles Hamelin finally gets his gold _ two in fact; Ohno DQed in 500, bronze in relay

Canada’s Hamelin wins two gold in one night

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canada has claimed its second gold medal in short track, winning the men’s 5,000-meter relay.

Charles Hamelin got the night started right for the home team with a victory in the 500, then joined brother Francois Hamelin, Olivier Jean and Francois-Louis Tremblay to lead the Canadians to another gold in the final event of short track.

The South Korean team of Kwak Yoon-gy, Lee Ho-suk, Lee Jung-su and Sung Si-bak held on for silver. Kwak got to the line just ahead of American Apolo Anton Ohno, who slipped inside for the bronze when China’s skater went wide coming off the final turn.

Ohno won his eighth career medal, extending his own short track record. The other members of the bronze medal-winning team were J.R. Celski, Travis Jayner and Jordan Malone.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — 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.