Sung sets speed skating record, Tremblay wins final

Sung Si-Bak of South Korea set a short-track speed skating world record in the semi-finals of the men's 500m, but Francois-Louis Tremblay got the win in the final at the World Cup event.

Canada's Francoi-Louis Tremblay (centre), with gold, France's Thibaut Fauconnet (left), with silver and S.Korea's Sung Si-Bak, with bronze, celebrate on the winners' podium of the men's 500m event at the ISU World Cup short track speed skating event in Marquette, Michigan, on November 14. Sung clocked 40.651sec in the semifinals to break a world record in the 500m.

Sung clocked a world mark of 40.651sec in the semi-finals, but finished third in the A-final won by Canada's Tremblay in 42.437sec.

France's Thibaut Fauconnet was second, while US star Apolo Anton Ohno and fellow American Anthony Lobello were disqualified in the quarter-finals of the 500.

South Korea topped the podium in the men's 1,500m as Lee Jung-Su edged Ohno with Canadian Charles Hamelin third.

Lee won in 2:13.595 seconds and Ohno crossed in 2:13.731.

"Everyone was trying to get up to the front, and there was some bumping in the action," Hamelin said. "I think I used too much energy to fight for the front and my legs were tired at the end."

The final stop on the World Cup circuit is the second in as many weekends in North America.

This meeting, along with last weekend's World Cup event in Montreal are serving as Olympic qualifying competition.

Following these two North American legs an Olympic table will be drawn up with the top 32 competitiors by distance booking their tickets to Vancouver.

China's Wang Meng won the women's 500m in 42.961 - her fourth victory in four races.

And China finished one-two in the women's 1,500m with Zhou Yang winning in 2:22.700 to edge Liu Qiuhong with Korea's Lee Eun-Byul third.

Competition continues on Sunday with the 1,000m races and relays.