AFP News – Sat, Oct 20, 2012Canadian Valerie Maltais broke the women's 1,000m short-track speed skating world record on Friday, winning her qualifying heat at the World Cup in 1min, 27.653sec.
Maltais broke the previous record of 1:29.049 set by China's Zhou Yang at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
"When I started my race I just told my coach I was going to go fast during the race, but I didn't say I was trying to break the record," Maltais said.
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 46 | 29 | 29 | 104 |
| 2 | China | 38 | 27 | 23 | 88 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
| 4 | Russia | 24 | 26 | 32 | 82 |
| 5 | South Korea | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Germany | 11 | 19 | 14 | 44 |
| 7 | France | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 63 | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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