Italy's Fontana takes gold to end Chinese short track dominance

Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - Italy‘s Arianna Fontana won an elusive gold medal in the women‘s 500 metres short track speed skating on Tuesday at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang - ending Chinese dominance of the event in the process.With four Olympic bronze medals and one silver already to her name, Fontana finally took the top prize in a time of 42.569 seconds. The Netherlands‘ Yara van Kerkhof took silver, with Canada‘s Kim Boutin claiming bronze.Fontana‘s win ended a run of Chinese gold medals in the event that stretched back to Salt Lake City in 2002. Britain‘s Elise Christie narrowly failed to become her country‘s first female medallist in short track, finishing fourth.