Taiwan speed skater places 20th in women’s 1,000 meters at Olympics

Taiwan News  
Date: 2018/02/15
By:  Central News Agency

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) Taiwanese Huang Yu-ting finished 20th in the women’s 1,000 meters speed skating event at the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang on Wednesday.

Huang finished the race in 1 minute, 16.44 seconds, coming in 20th in a field 31 skaters in the 1,000-meter event.

Jorien Ter Mors, 28, of the Netherlands won gold in the event, clocking 1 minute, 13.56 seconds and breaking the Olympic record of 1 min, 13.83 seconds previously held by Chris Witty of the United States.

On Monday, Huang fell in the women’s 1,500m speed skating event, and finished at the bottom of the pack in a field of 27 competitors.    [FULL  STORY]

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