VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Apolo Anton Ohno has been disqualified in the 500-meter short track speedskating final, apparently for causing a crash in the last turn.
Ohno crossed the finish line second behind Canada's Charles Hamelin, whose momentum spun him into the middle of the ice as the race ended Friday night.
Ohno was last when he tried to go inside of Canadian Francois-Louis Tremblay on the final turn. The American's right leg appeared to hit Tremblay and sent him crashing into the padding.
South Korea's Sung Si-bak also went down, although it appeared he lost his balance.
After several minutes of discussion, the referees DQ'd Ohno, who threw up his arms as if to say, "What can you do?" and smiled.
Hamelin won the gold. Sung took silver and Tremblay got bronze.