China's Meng Wang skates during the Ladies' 1500m finals during the short track competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics at the Palavela in Turin. South Korean Jin Sun-Yu won the gold medal while her compatriot Choi Eun-Kyung took the silver and Wang captured the bronze. (AFP Photo)

    BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Wang Meng, the Chinese gold medalist in the 500 meters on Wednesday, won the bronze medal in the Olympic women's 1,500m short track speed skating event Saturday in Turin.

    China's star skater Yang Yang, a double gold medalist at the Salt Lake City Games, failed to make the final.

    World number one Jin Sun-yu of South Korea lived up to her fame by winning the gold medal in the 1,500m.

    Jin, 17, finished in two minutes 23.494 seconds, and compatriot Choi Eun-kyung took silver in 2:24.069.

    Byun Chun-sa, who crossed the line third, was disqualified, denying South Korea a clean sweep.

    Jin, who has dominated the 1,500m event this season with two golds, a silver and a bronze in four World Cup races, started the seven-woman final slowly but overtook the pack with one lap remaining before winning with a big margin. Enditem

China' Wang Meng (in red) checks the score board after women's 1500m final of short track at Turin Olympic Winter Games in Italy, on February 18, 2006. Wang Meng took a bronze medal with 2 minute and 24.469 seconds. (Xinhua Photo)

From left, silver medalist Korea's Choi Eun-Kyung, gold medalist Korea's Jin Sun-Yu and bronze medalist China's Wang Meng celebrate after the women's 1500 meter final at the Short Track Speed Skating competition at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006. [AP]