China's Yang Yang (big) Dominates Women's Races with Four GoldsChinese female skater Yang Yang (big) captured three more gold medals on Sunday to finish the 2001 World Short Track Speedskating Championships with four titles.Yang dominated the championships' final day by winning all three women's competitions - the 1,000, 3,000-meter races and the 3,000-meter relay. She won the 1,500-meter on Friday. In the 1,000-meter race, Yang clocked a winning time of 1:45. 664. Fellow Chinese Wang Chunlu and Yang Yang (small) finished second and third with 1:45.734 and 1:45.773 respectively. Yang also won the 3,000-meter, with 5:43.454. Wang again placed second with 5:43.549, trailed by Bulgaria's Evegnia Radanova with 5:43.650. Yang's fourth gold came in the women's 3,000-meter relay. Yang, along with Sun Dandan, Wang Chunlu and Yang Yang (small) finished first in 4:25.927. South Korea came in second in 4:25.976 and Bulgaria third in 4:27.597. In the men's competition, China's Li Jiajun and American Apolo Anton Ohno both won two gold medals. Li took his second gold in the 1,000-meter race Sunday. He won the 500-meter event on Saturday. Li clocked 1:32.034 to win the 1,000-meter. Ohno came in second in 1:32.160, followed by South Korea's Min Ryong with 1:32. 269. Ohno won the men's 3,000-meter Sunday, clocking 5:36.664. Canada's Marc Gagnon was second in 5:36.664 and fellow Canadian Jonathan Guilmette third in 5:37.322. The American added another gold in the men's 5,000-meter relay. He and three other U.S. skaters - Ron Biondo, Rusty Smith and Daniel Weinstein - finished first in 7:15.885. Canadians came in second in 7:16.458 and Chinese finished third with 7:25.312. |
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