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Lee Jung-su wins men's 1,500 at World Cup

November 15, 2009, 10:21 AM Post Comments
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Lee Jung-su of South Korea beat U.S. speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno in the men's 1,500-meter short track World Cup race on Saturday.

Lee finished in 2 minutes, 13.595 seconds and Ohno crossed in 2:13.731. Charles Hamelin of Canada was third.

Wang Meng of China won the women's 500 in 42.961. Canadians Kalyna and Marianne St.-Gelais took second and third, respectively.

Sung Si-bak of South Korea set a world record of 40.651 in a preliminary heat of the men's 500, but placed third in the final won by Francois-Louis Tremblay of Canada in 42.437. Thibaut Fauconnet was second.

Ohno and fellow American Anthony Lobello were disqualified in the quarterfinals.

China took the top two spots in the women's 1,500, with Zhou Yang finishing in 2:22.700 to edge Liu Qiuhong. Lee Eun-byul of South Korea was third.

Saturday was the second round of qualifying for athletes to secure spots at the Vancouver Olympic Games. Results from Marquette's World Cup will be combined with last week's World Cup results from Montreal.

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