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Olivier Jean of Canada skates during the men's 1500 metres short track speed skating heat at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2007 in Milan March 9 2007. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo (ITALY
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South Korea's Kwak Yoon-gy (C) and Apolo Anton Ohno (R) of the U.S. cross the finish line as China's Han Jialiang watches during the men's 5000 metres relay short track speed skating
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Ponoka's Maddison Pearman finishes 26th in Women's 1,000 metres final at Olympics – Sylvan Lake News
![Cheng Xiaolei (2nd R) from China and Yvonne Kunze (C) from Germany are on the ice after falling as Hungary's Erika Huszar, France's Stephanie Bouvier and Sarah Lindsay (R) from Britain skate Cheng Xiaolei (2nd R) from China and Yvonne Kunze (C) from Germany are on the ice after falling as Hungary's Erika Huszar, France's Stephanie Bouvier and Sarah Lindsay (R) from Britain skate](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D2FFAT/cheng-xiaolei-2nd-r-from-china-and-yvonne-kunze-c-from-germany-are-on-the-ice-after-falling-as-hungarys-erika-huszar-frances-stephanie-bouvier-and-sarah-lindsay-r-from-britain-skate-along-in-the-womens-1500-metres-short-track-speed-skating-heats-at-the-torino-2006-winter-olympic-games-in-turin-italy-february-18-2006-reutersmike-segar-2D2FFAT.jpg)
Cheng Xiaolei (2nd R) from China and Yvonne Kunze (C) from Germany are on the ice after falling as Hungary's Erika Huszar, France's Stephanie Bouvier and Sarah Lindsay (R) from Britain skate
![From L-R, South Korea's Park Seung-hi, Lee Eun-byul, Kim Min-jung and Cho Ha-ri react after their disqualification in the women's 3000 metres relay short track speed skating final at the Vancouver 2010 From L-R, South Korea's Park Seung-hi, Lee Eun-byul, Kim Min-jung and Cho Ha-ri react after their disqualification in the women's 3000 metres relay short track speed skating final at the Vancouver 2010](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E7P1AF/from-l-r-south-koreas-park-seung-hi-lee-eun-byul-kim-min-jung-and-cho-ha-ri-react-after-their-disqualification-in-the-womens-3000-metres-relay-short-track-speed-skating-final-at-the-vancouver-2010-winter-olympics-february-24-2010-reuterslucy-nicholson-canada-2E7P1AF.jpg)
From L-R, South Korea's Park Seung-hi, Lee Eun-byul, Kim Min-jung and Cho Ha-ri react after their disqualification in the women's 3000 metres relay short track speed skating final at the Vancouver 2010
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Competitors skate during the men's 1,500 metres race at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Vienna March 6, 2009. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA Stock Photo - Alamy
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Japan's Aki Tonoike skates the 1000 metres women's Speed Skating World Cup in Inzell March 10, 2002. Sabine Voelker from Germany won the World Cup for 2001/02 ahead of Jennifer Rodriguez from
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South Korean speed skater Lee Kyou-Hyuk competes in the men's 500 metres race of the speed skating world cup at Max Aicher Arena in Inzell, Germany, 13 March 2011. Kyou-Hyuk wins the
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