BEIJING, Feb. 18 -- China's Wang Meng won the Olympic gold medal in the women's 500 meters short track speed skating(短道速滑) competition at the Winter Games. Wang Meng led all the way after surviving a restart and a false start in the four-woman final Wednesday night.
She defended(保卫) the title she won four years ago at the Turin Games by crossing first with a time of 43.048 seconds. It's China's second gold medal in the Vancouver(温哥华) Winter Games. Marianne St-Gelais of Canada won the silver medal, and Italy's Arianna Fontana took the bronze(铜牌).