South Korea's Lee grabs World Cup gold in women's 500

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KEARNS, Utah (AP) - Sang-hwa Lee of South Korea won her second World Cup gold medal of the season in the 500-meter race at the speedskating long track event at Utah Olympic Oval on Saturday.

Lee's time of 37.36 seconds was a season's best.

Nao Kodairo skated a national-record time of 37.42 to take silver, while American Heather Richardson took bronze with a season-best 37.58, edging Canada's Christine Nesbitt (37.59).

China's Jing Yu, who had won both World Cup 500 races she previously skated, was disqualified.

For the men, Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima won 500 gold in 34.37, edging Jan Smeekens of The Netherlands (34.40) while Tucker Fredricks of the U.S. (34.45) took bronze.

Korea's Mo Tae-Bum, the World Cup leader entering this weekend, was sixth.