THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Canada grabbed the silver medal in a women’s 3,000-metre relay at the short-track speedskating world championships on Sunday.
Kalyna Roberge of St-Etienne-de-Lauzon, Que., Marianne St-Gelais of St-Felicien, Que., Edmonton’s Jessica Gregg and Tania Vicent of Laval, Que., finished second behind the South Koreans. The U.S. won the bronze
China and South Korea dominated to win every gold medal at the event.
South Korea’s Lee Ho-suk won the men’s 1,000 metres in one minute, 34.198 seconds, ahead of teammate Kwak Yoon-gy (1:34.231) and J.R. Celsky of the U.S. (1:34.290). The trio finished in the same order in the 3,000, with Lee winning his third gold.
Defending champion Wang Meng of China took the women’s 1,000 race in 1:31.603, beating South Korea’s Cho Ha-ri (1:31.695) and Katherine Reutter of the United States (1:31.747).
Park Seung-Hi led a top-three sweep for South Korea in the 3,000, with Cho Ha-Ri and Lee Eun-Byul. Charlies Hamelin of Ste-Julie, Que., was edged out by 0.009 seconds at the finish.
South Korea won the men’s 5,000 relay.