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TURIN, Italy, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Liu Cuijia broke Thursday the domination of the South Korea in the short-track speed skating with a women's 1,000m gold medal at the Winter Universiade.
Liu's victory was awarded by Kim Hye-Kyung, who was disqualified for pushing her teammate Cho Ha-Ri on the last lap though she finished first.
Kim's gold medal was deprived for her misdoing and Liu, who overtook Cho after the pushing, finished second on one minute and 36.620 seconds
The Koreans had won all the four gold medals featuring the previous two days of the event. South Korea swept all the 10 gold medals of the short track at the last version of the Games in Innsbruck, Austria.
Cho won the silver while Italy's Marta Capurso took the bronze.
In an all-Korean final, Sung Si-Bak had the better on the sprint to beat compatriots for the men's 1,000m gold medal by 1:28.169.
Lee Seung-Hoon was second with only 0.08 seconds less than the winner, while Lee Hyeon-Sung 0.04 seconds further back on third.
Cho Nam-Kyu, also from South Korea, finished last in the final.
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