Olympic News Circle: Summer & Winter Olympics

Canadian Francois-Louis Tremblay won the silver medal in the men’s 500-metre short-track race Saturday.Tremblay finished in a time of 42.002 seconds, just back of gold-medal winner Apolo Anton Ohno (41.935) of the United States. South Korean Ahn Hyun-Soo (42.089) was third, narrowly edging Canadian Eric Bedard (42.093), who finished fourth.

The race was expected to be a showdown between Ahn and China’s Li JiaJun. Ahn is now ranked first overall in this event, while Li is ranked second. But Li was disqualified in the semifinal. Source: cbc.ca

Canada won another silver medal today at Turino 2006 Witer Olympic Games in Short Track Speed Skating Men’s 500m. Canada now has 7 Golds, 9 Silvers, and 7 Bronzes and is currently ranked 3rd overall based on the total number of medals. Canada will be 5th place in terms of gold medal number.