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Li's short track gold helped ignite Zhang's gold medal dash on the big oval.
"We were eating together and we learned about the gold and we were all excited," Zhang said through a translator.
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Not bad for a skater who was largely an afterthought in a team with world sprint champion Yu Jing and veteran Wang Beixing.
Yu got injured and withdrew late and Zhang's friend Wang was forced into a supporting role. She was the first teammate to embrace her though.
"It won't be until tomorrow that I realize that I am a champion, that I won the gold," Zhang said.
Prior to these Winter Games, China had claimed six medals on the big oval — three silvers and three bronzes, including Wang's third-place finish in the women's 500 at Vancouver four years ago.
Ji's performance was almost as surprising in the adjacent Iceberg Skating Palace where she was the only skater who didn't fall in the wild short track final.
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"I feel very lucky," Li said through a translator.
(Agencies)
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