China wins relay golds, S. Korea claims one more title

 　　SHANGHAI, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Hosts China showed their power in teamwork on Sunday as they claimed both the men's and women's relay¹ golds at the ISU World Cup Short Track speedskating Shanghai leg.

　　South Korea continued their good form to win their third title in Shanghai.

　　"We consider the relay gold most important," said Li Yan, head coach of the Chinese team. "So I am happy with the result. However, the team still have many problems and we will deal with them in the future."

　　In the women's 3,000-meter relay, the Chinese foursome, Li Jianrou, Liu Qiuhong, Fan Kexin and Xiao Han, beat the United States to clinch² the title in four minutes and 12.394 seconds.

　　The relay started with the United States in the lead but China overtook the position with only four laps to go.

　　Li Jianrou, runner-up of the 1,000m on Sunday, surpassed⁴ the American skater with a strong spurt⁵ and helped China to win the title. The United States took the silver in 4:13.000, while Japan was the third in 4:13.763.

　　"We are very delighted to win the gold medal at home," said Liu Qiuhong. "We only took the bronze in the last stop of the World Cup, and this time we got what we want."

　　Talking about the overtaking, Li said:"Actually it's not a choice, it's my responsibility. We are a team and to win the gold medal is our goal."

　　The men's 5,000m relay gold was also clinched⁶ by China. Canada dominated⁷ most of the race, but a South Korean skater intended to block a Canada's skater in the last lap, which resulted in the South Korean team being disqualified and the Canadian fell down.

　　The Chinese team took the chance and won the gold in 6:38.567. Canada was the second in 6:48.858, while Britain got the bronze in 7:02.363.

　　"Everything is changing during the race," said Liang Wenhao, who won the title with Song Weilong, Yu Yongjun and Wu Dajing. "We caught the chance when we had it."

　　South Korea claimed their third gold Sunday by Kwak Yoon-Gy in the men's 1,000m.

　　Kwak, trailed two Canadian skaters at the beginning, but he managed to surpass³ them with a last-lap spurt to win in 1:25.300. Canada's Olivier Jean took the silver in 1:25.451. Noh Jinkyu of South Korea, who broke the world record to win the men's 1,500m on Saturday, settled for the bronze in 1:25.971.

　　The United States won their first gold medal in Shanghai leg by Katherine Reutter in the women's 1,000m.

　　Reutter, runner-up of the women's 1,500m Saturday, beat arch⁸ rival Chinese Li Jianrou to finish first in 1:32.721. Li, winner of the event at last week's Nagoya World Cup, took the silver in 1:32.864. Japanese Sakai Yui was the third at 1:32.882.

　　Arianna Fontana of Italy claimed the gold medal of the women's 500m. The Italian led throughout the final to win the title in 44.026, while Chinese skater Liu Qiuhong trailed in 44.111. Fan Kexin, winner of the event in 2010 world championships in Bulgaria, came back from a slow start to take the bronze in 41.178.

　　In the men's 500m, Charles Hamelin of Canada clinched the gold in 40.905, while Jon Eley of Britain took the silver in 41.054. Liang Wenhao of China, bronze medallist of the event in 2010 world championships, finished third in 41.178.

　　The 2010/2011 ISU World Cup Short Track includes six stops, namely Salt Lake City, Saguenay, Nagoya, Shanghai, Moscow and Heerenveen. The Shanghai leg runs from Dec. 9 to 11.

1 relay   

n.接力赛，中继转播（设备）；vt.转述，转播

参考例句：

• They will relay your message.他们会转达你的口信。
• This metal tower is used to relay television signals to distant villages.这个金属塔是用于向遥远的村子转播电视讯号的。

2 clinch   

v.敲弯，钉牢；确定；扭住对方 [参]clench

参考例句：

• Clinch the boards together.用钉子把木板钉牢在一起。
• We don't accept us dollars,please Swiss francs to clinch a deal business.我方不收美元，请最好用瑞士法郎来成交生意。

3 surpass   

vt.超过，超越，胜过

参考例句：

• Young people surpass old men in strength.年轻人在气力上赛过老年人。
• The latecomers surpass the early starters.后来居上。

4 surpassed   

v.超过( surpass的过去式和过去分词 )；优于；多于；非…所能办到

参考例句：

• This realization of our dreams surpassed even our wildest expectations. 我们梦想的实现甚至超越了我们最大胆的估计。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mao's fame surpassed well beyond the limits of China. 毛泽东的名声远远超越了中国国界。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 spurt   

v.喷出；突然进发；突然兴隆

参考例句：

• He put in a spurt at the beginning of the eighth lap.他进入第八圈时便开始冲刺。
• After a silence, Molly let her anger spurt out.沉默了一会儿，莫莉的怒气便迸发了出来。

6 clinched   

v.（尤指两人）互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 )；解决（争端、交易），达成（协议）

参考例句：

• The two businessmen clinched the deal quickly. 两位生意人很快达成了协议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Evidently this information clinched the matter. 显然，这一消息使问题得以最终解决。 来自辞典例句

7 dominated   

受控的 -tive

参考例句：

• As a child he was dominated by his father. 他小时候由父亲主宰一切。
• His personality dominated over the other members of the committee. 他的人格影响委员会的其他成员。

8 arch   

n.拱门，桥洞；v.拱起，成为弓形

参考例句：

• Dip your head under the low arch.在低矮的门拱下要低头。
• The trees arch overhead.树木在头顶上弯成拱形。