Welcome to @xinhuanet.com
   Username:
   Password:
                        
Chinese Skaters Sweep 500-meter Golds at World Speed Skating Championships
2001.03.31 20:39:53


   SEOUL, March 31 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese skaters showed their  dominance in speed skating as Li Jiajun and Wang Chunlu won the  men's and women's 500-meter finals respectively Saturday at the  2001 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships.
   Li clocked 43.433 seconds to win the men's gold, followed by  Canadian Jonathan Guilmette in 43.465.
   Italian Maurizio Carnino came in third in 44.691, trailed by  Canadian Marc Gagnon, who clocked 1 minute, 12.630 seconds.
   In the women's competition, China's Wang won in 45.779,  followed by fellow Chinese Yang Yang (big) in 45.872.  Another  Chinese, Yang Yang (small), came in third in 45.949. Bulgaria's  Evgenia Radanova was fourth in 46.003.  Enditem


Recommend to your friends!
Email:

Close Window
 

Copyright © 2000 Xinhua News Agency. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

ÿ