Two-time Olympic champion Lee Sang-hwa was going after her third consecutive gold medal in the women's 500 meter speed skating event on Sunday, but fell just short,.. winning a silver medal,... in what may or may not be her final Olympic race.
Starting on the outside lane with Arisa Go of Japan in the 15th group,... Lee sprinted the first 100-meters in ten-point-two seconds,... the fastest time among the 16 groups,... but slowed after flinching slightly on the last corner,... and would finish with a final time of 37-point-three-three seconds.
Japan's Nao Kodaira won the gold with a new Olympic record time of 36-point-nine-four seconds.
Despite the silver medal finish, Lee becomes the first Asian speed skater to win a medal in the women's 500 meter event in three straight Olympics.
