Wang retains women's 500m title at Vancouver Olympic short track

Wang retains women's 500m title at Vancouver Olympic short track

China's Wang Meng competes during the women's 500m final of short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, Feb. 17, 2010. Wang Meng claimed the title of the event with a time of 43.048 seconds.

VANCOUVER, Feb. 17 - Turin Olympic champion Wang Meng of China retained the women’s 500 meters short track speed skating title here on Wednesday at the Vancouver Winter Games.

The reigning world record holder crossed the line first at 43.048 seconds to extend China’s dominance in this event since the Salt Lake City Games in 2002 when Yang Yang ended the Chinese gold drought at Winter Olympics.

Marianne St-Gelais of Canada settled for the silver with 43.707 while the bronze medal went to Italian Arianna Fontana in 43.804.

China's Wang Meng greets the audience on the podium for the women's 500m final of short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, Feb. 17, 2010.
(Xinhua)