Canada’s Kim Boutin had added another Olympic medal to her impressive record – a silver in the women’s 1,000-metre short track speed skating event.
Boutin finished second behind Dutch skater Suzanne Schulting, who won gold. Italy’s Arianna Fontana won bronze.
The two South Korean competitors crashed near the end of the race and didn’t medal. As they rounded the second-to-last turn and were attempting a move up from their positions at the rear of the pack, they bumped into one another slid into the sidewall. Shim Sukhee was assessed a penalty for impeding.
“At the end we got tangled, and I think then we fell down,” Shim said. “I feel sorry for that and at that moment I was worried if Minjeong got hurt. She said she’s OK, but I still feel sorry for her.”
Choi won the gold in women’s 1,500 meters.
Boutin already has bronze medals in the 500-metre and 1,500-metre events. She now has medals in all of the individual short track events.
–With a file from Reuters
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