Yang battles weather to bag bronze

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland－Chinese speed skater Yang Binyu won bronze in the women's 1500 meters at the Winter Youth Olympics on Lake St. Moritz on Monday.

Starting on the inner lane with eventual gold-medal winner Myrthe de Boer of the Netherlands in the final pairing, Yang clocked 2 minutes 10.93 seconds－0.49 seconds behind her Dutch rival.

Japan's Takahashi Yuka, who was paired with 500m gold medalist Isabel Grevelt of the Netherlands, claimed silver in 2:10.58.