Hwang bounces back for brilliant Olympic 1,500m short track gold
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South Korea’s Hwang Dae Heon bounced back from Monday’s short track heart break with a stunning victory in Wednesday’s 1,500m to claim his first Olympic gold at the Beijing Winter Games. The 22-year-old Hwang took silver over 500m at his home Games in Pyeongchang four years ago and was disqualified in the semi-finals of the same distance earlier this week – a result South Korea have said they will appeal. But a brilliant performance at the Capital Indoor Stadium, in which he led the 10-man final from the front, eased the pain and finally delivered his triumph, and the first Beijing Games gold …

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