| TURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhuanet)--
South Korea showed its depth in short-track speed skating as it held
off a strong challenge from Canada to win the men's 5,000 meters relay gold medal
at the Turin Winter Olympics.
South Korea, anchored by Ahn Hyun-so o, the current Olympic 500mand 1,500m gold medalist,
finished in 6 minutes 43.376 seconds, anOlympic record time.
The Canadians, who were a constant threat to South
Korea throughout the 45-lap race, had to settle for the silver just .331seconds
behind, with the United States finishing a distant third place in 6:47.990.
Hosts Italy finished fourth in 6:48.597, and China was fifth in6:53.989. Enditem |
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