Winter Olympics: Chinese speed skater sets record
Chinese short track speed skater Yang Yang (A) warmed-up for the Winter Olympics by breaking her own world record in the 1000m.
Yang Yang finished the race in 1:31.191 at the Calgary Olympic Oval to beat her previous mark of 1:31.871, set last October on the same track.
The record must still be ratified by the International Skating Union.
"For me this is just practice now and I'm still not thinking about Salt Lake, which is good because I want to think of the Olympics as just another race," she said.
Canada's Marie-Eve Drolet also beat the previous record, finishing behind Yang Yang in 1:31.446.
Yang Yang dominated this season's World Cup, finishing first in the women's overall standings with 97 points.
She shares a name with teammate Yang Yang (S), but the two are not related.
