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February 17, 2010

St-Gelais skates to silver - on her 20th birthday

It was the best birthday present Marianne St-Gelais of Roberval, Que., could have given herself: Silver.

On her 20th birthday on Wednesday, St-Gelais finished second in the women's 500m short track speed-skating final behind China's Wang Meng.

Wang, the defending champion in the distance, dominated the race, finishing almost seven-tenths of a second ahead of the Canadian in 43.048 seconds.

St-Gelais finished her race in 43.804 seconds to hold off Italy's Arianna Fontana, who earned bronze in 43.804.

Edmonton's Jessica Gregg finished fourth in 44.204 seconds while Kalyna Roberge of St-Etienne de Lauzon, Que., finished second in the 'B' final for an overall finish of sixth.

Results:

1. Wang Meng, China: 43.048
2. Marianne St-Gelais, Canada: 43.707
3. Arianna Fontana, Italy: 43.804
4. Jessica Gregg, Canada: 44.204
5. Zhou Yang, China: 44.725
6. Kalyna Roberge, Canada: 44.824
7. Katherine Reutter, United States: 44.846
8. Lee Eun-Byul, South Korea: 44.860

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