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Wang Meng retains women's 500m at World Championships

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China's short track speed skating star Wang Meng stormed to victory at the World Championships for the third time after snatching three gold medals in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, becoming a triple-triple champion in the women's 500 meters.

Wang Meng

Wang got off to a trademark start, surging ahead to take control. She began to pull away later on and never looked back.

However, in the last lap, Wang committed an error, and her advantage was soon lost.

but the Olympic champion steadied her skates and held on to a narrow margin sprinting home in a time of 43.619 seconds, becoming the first Chinese skater to win the title three times in a row.

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