13.02 Short Track: China Wins Farcical 500m Gold After 3 Wiped Out in Final

SOCHI, February 13 (R-Sport) – China's Li Jianrou won a farcical 500m final in short track speedskating Thursday that saw Britain's Elise Christie disqualified after wiping out two competitors.

Skating on her own after Christie caused the second-lap crash, the four-time world champion Li coasted home to claim a first Olympic gold in a winning time of 45.263 seconds.

After picking themselves up, Vancouver 500m bronze medalist Arianna Fontana of Italy won the silver in 51.250, with the bronze going to world silver medalist Park Seung-hi of South Korea in 54.207.