Super Suzanne triumphs in Turin

BySportsbeat

Published 09/02/2019 at 19:03 GMT

Olympic gold medallist Suzanne Schulting proved a class above the rest as she clinched women's 1500m gold at the Short Track World Cup in Turin.

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The 21-year-old, who won 1000m gold at last year's Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, pulled off a successful Italian job as she crossed the line first in 2:24.991, getting the better of South Korea’s Ji-Yoo Kim and German Anna Seidel.

In the men's race, Gun-Woo Kim lead home a Korean one-two as he topped the podium in 2:12.823, followed home by countryman Hwan-Kyung Hong.

Canada's Steve Dubois had to settle for third.

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In the 500m event, Italian sprinter Martina Valcepina delighted the home crowd as she won gold in 43.942, getting the better of Poland's Natalia Maliszewska and Canada’s Kim Boutin.

Korea's Dae-Heon Hwang ruled the roost in the men’s 500m, coming home in 41.128 as Hungary's Shaolin Sandor Liuand Canada's Cedrick Blais completed the podium.

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