Chinese Liu Cuijia broke Thursday South Korea's domination in
the short-track speed skating with a women's 1,000m gold medal at
the Winter Universiade.
Liu's victory was awarded by Kim Hye-Kyung, who was disqualified
for pushing her teammate Cho Ha-Ri on the last lap though she
finished first.
The South Koreans had won all the four gold medals featured in
the previous two days of the event. South Korea swept all the 10
gold medals of the short track at the last version of the Games in
Innsbruck, Austria.
Cho won the silver while Italy's Marta Capurso took the
bronze.
In an all-Korean final, Sung Si-Bak had the better on the sprint
to beat compatriots for the men's 1,000m gold medal by
1:28.169.
Lee Seung-Hoon was second with only 0.08 seconds less than the
winner, while Lee Hyeon-Sung 0.04 seconds further back on
third.
France topped in the snowboard cross by wrapping up both men's
and women's events, with Leo Trespeuch triumphing in the men's and
Diane Thermoz Liaudy in the women's to end France gold-medal
drought in the Games.
The competitions of curling entered the final stage with the
United States facing Britain in the men's final and Canada facing
Russia in the women's.
In the ice hockey placing finals, Slovakia beat Italy 2-1 to win
the fifth place.
The Czech Republic finished seventh by defeating the United
States 3-0, while Japan beat South Korea 5-2 for the ninth
placing.
(Xinhua News Agency January 26, 2007)