Medals update: Canada stun Republic of Korea to win gold in Beijing 2022 men’s short track speed skating 5000m relay

The last event of the men's short-track speed-skating competition at Beijing 2022 was a corker with Canada coming out on top in the 5000m relay to best Republic of Korea in a scrap for the top two medals.

The race for bronze lasted a few minutes after Italy and ROC had crossed the finish line as the two nations had to be separated by a photo finish with Italy claiming the final podium position despite both nations finishing with the same time.

It was the Republic of Korea quartet of Lee Juneseo, Hwang Daeheon, Kwak Yoongy and Park Janghyuk who were looking super smooth at first in the Capital Indoor Stadium. On the 21st lap, however, Canada's Jordan Pierre-Gilles made a move on the inside to take the lead.

With 14 laps to go, Canada were still in the lead but the skaters bunched up and People's Republic of China fell to leave them out of the running for a medal.

By this point, the race had split into two parts. Republic of Korea were trying to catch Canada, while Italy and ROC both wanted the last available medal.

In the end, Canada's Charles Hamelin, Steven Dubois, Pascal Dion and Pierre-Gilles claimed an ecstatic gold – Hamelin's sixth Olympic medal.

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Results of the Beijing 2022 men's short-track speed-skating 5000m relay

1. CANADA - 6:41.25Charles Hamelin, Steven Dubois, Jordan Pierre-Gilles, Pascal Dion2. REPUBLIC OF KOREA - 6:41.69Lee Juneseo, Hwang Daeheon, Kwak Yoongy, Park Janghyuk3 ITALY - 6:43.431Pietro Sighel, Yuri Confortola, Tommaso Dotti, Andrea Cassinelli