The finals in the women's 3000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on 24 February, at the Pacific Coliseum. In the final, the event was controversially won by the Chinese team, which set a new world record. The South Korean team initially finished first but was disqualified due to illegal contact which was deemed to have impeded a Chinese skater.AP Associated Press, "China wins women's 3,000-meter relay after DQ " February 25, 2010.Chase, Chris, "Controversy: S. Korea DQ'd in short track relay, China gets gold", Yahoo! News, February 24, 2010. Australian referee James Hewish subsequently received abusive and threatening emails including personal death threats from angry South Korean fans.

Results Semifinals Rank Semifinal Country Athletes Time Notes 1 1 Cho Ha-ri Kim Min-jung Lee Eun-byul Park Seung-hi 4:10.753 QA 2 1 Kimberly Derrick Alyson Dudek Lana Gehring Katherine Reutter 4:15.376 QA 3 1 Liesbeth Mau Asam Jorien ter Mors Annita van Doorn Maaike Vos 4:16.520 QB 4 1 Arianna Fontana Cecilia Maffei Martina Valcepina Katia Zini 4:23.950 QB 1 2 Sun Linlin Wang Meng Zhang Hui Zhou Yang 4:08.797 QA, OR 2 2 Jessica Gregg Kalyna Roberge Marianne St-Gelais Tania Vicent 4:11.476 QA 3 2 Ayuko Ito Mika Ozawa Yui Sakai Biba Sakurai 4:13.752 QB 4 2 Rózsa Darázs Bernadett Heidum Erika Huszár Andrea Keszler 4:17.487 QB

Finals Final B (Classification Round) Rank Country Athletes Time Notes 4 Sanne van Kerkhof Jorien ter Mors Annita van Doorn Maaike Vos 4:16.120 5 Rózsa Darázs Bernadett Heidum Erika Huszár Andrea Keszler 4:17.937 6 Lucia Peretti Cecilia Maffei Martina Valcepina Katia Zini 4:18.559 7 Ayuko Ito Hiroko Sadakane Yui Sakai Biba Sakurai 4:28.745

Final A (Medal Round) Rank Country Athletes Time Notes Sun Linlin Wang Meng Zhang Hui Zhou Yang 4:06.610 WR Jessica Gregg Kalyna Roberge Marianne St-Gelais Tania Vicent 4:09.137 Allison Baver Alyson Dudek Lana Gehring Katherine Reutter 4:14.081 – Cho Ha-ri Kim Min-jung Lee Eun-byul Park Seung-hi DSQ

References

External links 2010 Winter Olympics results: Ladies' 3000 m Relay Semifinals, from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-13. 2010 Winter Olympics results: Ladies' 3000 m Relay Finals, from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-13.