World War II bomb scares Winter Youth Olympics

 　　INNSBRUCK, Austria, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- An unexpected aerial bomb from World War II was found at the city center site Thursday, leading to the postponement¹ of the daily medals ceremony at the inaugural² Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

　　The aerial bomb from World War II, was discovered Thursday afternoon at a construction site at Bozner Platz, where main train station located. The medals ceremony, scheduled to start at 8:15 pm, will take place on Friday.

　　The bomb, though had been defused later, still scared the Games, which entered its seventh day.

　　South Korean team was still dominant³ in the short track speed skating after Wednesday's clean sweep of two gold medals, as both of their skaters claimed gold medal in men's and women's 500 meters by beating Chinese skaters.

　　Shim Suk Hee of South Korea survived the challenge when facing two Chinese skaters in the final of women's 500m.

　　Chinese duo Xu Aili and Qu Chunyu had prepared a strategy to try to stop Shim, but it fell apart when Qu was sent from the ice after overtaking the Korean, who fell during the manoeuver. The judges decided⁴ Qu had impeded⁵ the South Korean during the pass and started the race again with only the three remaining finalists.

　　Shim took full control of the race from the restart, with Xu finishing second for silver and Italy's Nicole Martinelli claiming the bronze medal.

　　South Korea's Yoon Su Min and Lim Hyo Jun traded podium places from Wednesday's men's 1000 meters as they again filled the top two spots in the 500 meters. China's Hongzhi Xu took the Bronze medal, as he did in the 1000 meters.

1 postponement   

n.推迟

参考例句：

• He compounded with his creditors for a postponement of payment. 他与债权人达成协议延期付款。
• Rain caused the postponement of several race-meetings. 几次赛马大会因雨延期。

2 inaugural   

adj.就职的；n.就职典礼

参考例句：

• We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
• Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。

3 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 impeded   

阻碍，妨碍，阻止( impede的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Work on the building was impeded by severe weather. 楼房的施工因天气恶劣而停了下来。
• He was impeded in his work. 他的工作受阻。