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By Pearl Josephine Nazare MILAN, Feb 19 (Reuters) - China's Ning Zhongyan delivered a sensational performance to win the men's 1,500 metres at the Winter Olympics on Thursday, capturing his and his nation's first speed skating gold at these Games.
China's Ning Zhongyan set an Olympic record on his way to gold in the men's speed skating over 1,500 metres on Thursday, denying United States' Jordan Stolz a hat-trick of individual gold medals at the Milan/Cortina Winter Games.
China's Ning Zhongyan upset title favorite Jordan Stolz of the United States to win the men's 1,500m speed skating at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games here on Thursday.
Adeliia Petrosian — the 18-year-old Russian, whose ties to a scandal-scarred coach threatens to put another harsh spotlight on the sport — quickly made herself a medal contender on Tuesday in the women’s short program after judges awarded her a career-best score of 72.89.
Britain’s uphill task continues though as they face top qualifiers Switzerland in the semi-final from 6.35pm GMT on Thursday evening, where a win would guarantee at least silver – which they won in Beijing four years ago.