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Chinese Wang Meng wins the women's 500m short track speed skating gold medal at the Turin Winter Olympics here on Feb%26#46; 15, 2006%26#46;

The Olympic debutant led all the way to clock 44%26#46;345 seconds, winning the nation's third winter Olympic gold after Yang Yang's two in 2002%26#46;

The 20-year-old Wang, who has won four World Cup races over 500m, proved herself as the most consistent short tracker in the world%26#46;

Her victory helped ease China's pain of losing an expected gold in the women's 500m long-track speed skating when World Cup leader Wang Manli came second to Russia's Svetlana Zhurova on Tuesday%26#46;

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