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Federal Way's J.R. Celski breaks 500-meter short-track speedskating record at Calgary World Cup

Federal Way's J.R. Celski become the first short-track speedskater to break the 40-second barrier in the 500 meters, setting a world record of 39.973 second Sunday in a World Cup final.

The Associated Press
Published: Oct. 22, 2012 at 7:24 a.m. PDT — Updated: Oct. 22, 2012 at 7:23 a.m. PDT
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CALGARY, Alberta — Federal Way's J.R. Celski become the first short-track speedskater to break the 40-second barrier in the 500 meters, setting a world record of 39.973 second Sunday in a World Cup final.

South Korea's Kwak Yoon-gy and Shim Suk-hee set world records in the 1,000 semifinals. Kwak broke the men's record with a time of 1:23.007, and Shim set the women's mark in 1:26.661.

In the 1,000 finals, Russia's Victor An won the men's race in 1:24.519, and Shim won in 1:29.247.

China's Wang Meng won the women's 500 final in 43.240.

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