Chinese speed skater Wang Fei set new record of continent
18:11, 4 February 2011
ASTANA. February 4. KAZINFORM /Gulnara Zhandagulova/ Chinese speed skater Wang Fei set a new record of the continent in the 1500 meters race at the Asian Games held in Kazakhstan.
Her result is 1:58:37 which is a bit less than 2 seconds faster than the previous record.
It should be noted that the silver medalist representative of South Korea Noh Seonyeong covered the distance faster than the previous record too but lost by 0.9 seconds to Wang Fei.
The bronze medal was won by Japanese sportswoman Kodaira Nao who trailed by 2.7 seconds.
Kazakhstan's speed skater Aida Abirova finished fourth. 0.03 seconds separated her from bronze medal.