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VANCOUVER -- In a sport full of surprises, Wang Meng of China is the surest thing in short track speedskating.
replica rolexWang easily won her second consecutive Olympic gold medal in the women's 500 meters on Wednesday night, defending the title she won four years ago at the Turin Games.
She led all the way after surviving a restart and a false start in the four-woman final at Pacific Coliseum.
Apolo Anton Ohno, considered the face of short track, easily advanced through preliminaries of the men's 1,000, and helped the United States move on to the 5,000 relay final. Both finals are Saturday, when Ohno can add to his cache of six Olympic medals and become the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian. He already won a silver in the 1,500 last weekend.
"I just don't want to leave any room for error. I don't want to leave any microsecond of time that I feel like could make a difference toward a medal," Ohno said. "For me, I'm doing the best I can for every single day. That's how I am. I'm here to do a job. I'm here to represent the U.S. the best that I can."
In the women's 500, Wang cruised home well ahead of Canada's Marianne St-Gelais, who took silver. Arianna Fontana of Italy earned the bronze.
The final was restarted after Canadian Jessica Gregg went down and her teammate St-Gelais followed in the first turn. After some ice repair, the women returned to the starting line.
Then there was a false start. But Wang stayed calm throughout the delays.
She darted to the lead on the inside lane and stayed there the entire way, making it a race for the lesser medals among the other three women.
Wang crossed the finish line well ahead, sticking both her arms out. She quickly grabbed a Chinese flag and skated around the rink, shouting, "Woo!"
Wang was the gold-medal favorite, and she lived up to her billing starting in the preliminary heats Saturday. She was by far the fastest skater and was never challenged on her way to the final.
hair extensions wholesaleMEN'S HOCKEY: With an assist on Finland's opening goal in a 5-1 victory over Belarus, Teemu Selanne matched the record for most career points in the Olympics with 36. Selanne has 20 goals and 16 assists in five Olympics.
WOMEN'S HOCKEY: So much for Canada's first real test.
Meghan Agosta had three goals and two assists, Hayley Wickenheiser became the leading goal-scorer in Olympic history, and Canada routed the toughest opponent in its preliminary-round group, beating Sweden 13-1.
Wickenheiser got her 16th Olympic goal among her five points as the Canadians cruised into the semifinals with three victories by a combined 41-2.
CROSS-COUNTRY: A milelong sprint came down to a few inches, with Russia's Nikita Kriukov getting the front of his ski
embroidered patches across the finish line just ahead of countryman Alexander Panzhinskiy in the men's individual classic cross-country sprint race. A photo finish was needed to determine the winner.
In the women's individual sprint, Norway's Marit Bjoergen pulled away at the end for her first gold medal after winning two silvers at previous Olympics and a bronze in the 10K race Monday.
CURLING: The U.S. women fell to 0-2, losing to Germany when s
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