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Result: South Korea's Park Seung-Hi victorious in 1,000m short track

Park Seung-Hi wins gold in the women's 1,000m short track speed skating event in Sochi, while Fan Kexin and Shim Suk-Hee finish second and third respectively.

South Korea's Park Seung-Hi won the women's 1,000m short track speed skating event at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Friday.

South Korea's gold medalist Park Seung-Hi poses during the Women's Short Track 1000 m Flower Ceremony at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 21, 2014© Getty Images

The 21-year-old overtook Team USA's Jessica Smith early on in the race and maintained her position to the finish line in a time of 1:30.761.

Fan Kexin of China finished second and won the silver medal, while Park's compatriot Shim Suk-Hee came third and clinched bronze.

Smith finished last in the four-woman final, for which Team GB's Elise Christie could not qualify as she was penalised for impeding China's Li Jianrou in the semi-finals.

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CountryGold medalSilver MedalBronze MedalT
United StatesUnited States73414
JapanJapan71311
ChinaChina63615
Great BritainGreat Britain3216
AustraliaAustralia3126
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Monday's key events


TRIATHLON
· Jonny Brownlee will look to make the most of his brother Alistair's absence as he goes for gold in the men's triathlon (10.30pm-1am)

RUGBY SEVENS
· Team GB get their campaign underway with two matches, against Canada and Japan (from 1.30am)

SWIMMING
· One of Team GB's biggest gold medal hopes, Adam Peaty, will take part in the 100m breaststroke final. (3.12am)
· Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky go head to head for gold in the women's 400m freestyle final (3.20am)

DIVING
· Tom Daley and Matty Lee take part in the men's 10m synchro final (7am-8am)

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
· The men's team final takes place (11am)

> Today's schedule in full
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