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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
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