China's Wu Dajing sets world record in short track 500m
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Wu Dajing of China has set a world record in the 500-meter short-track speedskating event to advance to the semifinals at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
Wu shot out of the block Thursday and staved off any challenge of his quarterfinal rival to go for the world record.
He crossed in 39.8 seconds, 0.137 off the record that J.R. Celski of the United States set in Calgary, Canada, six years ago.