October 26, 2008
Final day of Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track 2008/2009 results Team Canada takes home six medals, Team Korea takes home five
Vancouver, BC – The final day of the Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track 2008/2009 took place Sunday, October 26, 2008 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, to a crowd of 4,753. Team Korea took home five medals (three gold, one silver, one bronze), Team Canada took home six medals (four silver, two bronze) and Team China took home three medals (two gold, one silver).
Results from Sunday:
Ladies 500-metre final:
1- WANG Meng (CHN) - 43.449
2- ST-GELAIS Marianne (CAN) - 43.989
3- YANG Shin-Young (KOR) - 45.052
Men’s 500-metre final:
1- LEE Ho-Suk (KOR) - 41.321
2- TREMBLAY Francois-Louis (CAN) - 41.823
3- KWAK Yoon-Gy (KOR) - 41.883
Ladies 1,000-metre final:
1- SHIN Sae-Bom (KOR) - 1:30.907
2- ZHOU Yang (CHN) - 1:30.939
3- BAVER Allison (USA) - 1:31.151
Men’s 1,000-metre final:
1- LEE Jung-Su (KOR) - 1:29.688
2- GILDAY Michael (CAN) - 1:29.842
3- BEAULIEU-TINKER Remi (CAN) - 1:30.022
Ladies 3,000-metre relay final:
1- CHINA - 4:11.386
2- KOREA - 4:12.752
3- CANADA - 4:16.715
Men’s 5,000-metre relay final:
1- UNITED STATES - 6:52.147
2- CANADA - 6:52.224
3- GREAT BRITAIN - 6:57.014
Overall medal tally through two days of competition:
Team Korea: 10 medals (four gold, three silver, three bronze)
Team Canada: eight medals (one gold, four silver, three bronze)
Team China: six medals (four gold, two silver)
Team USA: three medals (one gold, one silver, one bronze)
Team Great Britain: one medal (one bronze)
For timing, results and rankings, please visit www.isu.org.
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