Winter Olympics: China's Tingyu Gao wins host nation's first ever speed skating gold
Tingyu Gao became China's first ever male Olympic speed skating gold medallist after he set a new Games record to claim the 500m title.
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Tingyu Gao became China's first ever male Olympic speed skating gold medallist after he set a new Games record to claim the 500m title.
BEIJING : Gao Tingyu won China its first men's speed skating gold on Saturday, smashing the Olympic record to cross the finish line in 34.32 seconds as spectators cheered him on in the men's 500 metres at the Beijing Olympics.
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Hosts People's Republic of China have something special to celebrate today, as speed skater Gao Tingyu set a blazing pace to claim the men's Beijing 2022 500m gold medal and with it a new Olympic record.
Gao Tingyu won the 500m men's speed skating in Olympic record time to give China their fourth gold medal at the Beijng Winter Games. Gao secured the record with a time of 34.32. He got off to a ferocious start on the inside lane up against Poland's Damien Zurek and never looked back, beating Norwegian Haavard Lorenzten's record time of 34.41 set at Pyeongchang 2018.
BEIJING : Anna Hasselborg's Sweden hung on for a narrow victory over Jennifer Jones-led Canada in the battle between the past two Olympic women's champions while 2018 medallists South Korea and Japan also won at the National Aquatics Centre on Saturday.
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