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Third 2010 Winter Olympics Medal: Wang Beixing, speed skating

Wednesday, 17th February 2010 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

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Wang Beixing (王北星) won China's third medal of the Vancouver Olympics, taking bronze in the 500 meters women's speed skating event with a time of 38.48. Gold went to Lee Sang-Hwa of Korea and silver to Germany's Jenny Wolf. Wang, originally from Harbin, is coached by Canadian Kevin Crockett and has trained in Canada since 2003, when she was 18 years old. She went into the Feb. 16 competition ranked second in the world, and is a four-time world runner-up.

Wang skates again on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 1:00 PST (5:00 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 19, Beijing time), in the 1,000-meter event. She is currently 4th in the world rankings for the 1,000.

China finished the day at 7th overall in the medal rankings. In related news, the city of Harbin is also ranked 7th.

Wang Beixing image: Sports.mop.com

Tags: 2010 Winter Olympics, Olympics, speedskating, Wang Beixing