SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — China and South Korea dominated to win every gold medal Sunday at the short track speedskating world championships.
South Korea’s Lee Ho-suk won the men’s 1,000 meters in 1 minute, 34.198 seconds, ahead of teammate Kwak Yoon-gy (1:34.231) and J.R. Celski 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 in 1:31.603, beating South Korea’s Cho Ha-ri (1:31.695) and Katherine Reutter of the U.S. (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.
South Korea won the men’s 5,000 relay and the women’s 3,000 relay.
