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South Korea wins short track women's 3,000m relay, China disqualified

Xinhua,February 20, 2018 Adjust font size:

PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- South Korea defended its title of short track speed skating women's 3,000m relay while China was disqualified in the final at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games here on Tuesday.

South Korea surpassed China in the final sprint before claiming the gold medal with a time of four minutes and 7.361 seconds.

China was subsequently disqualified for obstruction. The referees reviewed the game video for around four minutes before making the decision.

Canada was also disqualified in the final, while Italy won the silver medal in 4:15.901. The Netherlands, which won final B in a new world record of 4:03.471, took the bronze.

It is the fourth gold medal for South Korea at the Games and also the third in short track speed skating.

Both in 2006 and 2014, China failed to win an Olympic medal in this event as its athletes were disqualified in the final.

The short track competitions produced a variety of high-drama situations including crashes and disqualifications. The Chinese athletes have been held back at PyeongChang due to penalties and now China only took one silver four days into the competition when teenage Li Jinxu grabbed a silver in women's 1,500m. Enditem

 

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