Fresh off gold and bronze medal wins in the the 500-metre short track race, Charles Hamelin and Francois-Louis Tremblay were sent to race again with Canadian teammates Francoise Hamelin and Olivier Jean in the men's 5,000-metre short track relay. This is the final event in short track speed skating.

The Canadian team is up against teams from Korea, the United States, and France. In the B Finals, Great Britain beat out Germany for fifth place.

Just before 7:30 p.m. this evening, a crash involving all four finalists in the last lap of the 500-metre men's short track cast the outcome of that race in doubt, but after minutes of deliberation, the officials declared Canadian Charles Hamelin the winner, and gave the bronze medal to his teammate, Francois-Louis Tremblay.

American skater Apolo Anton Ohno was disqualified in the final, apparently for causing the crash in the final turn.

Ohno crossed the finish line second behind 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 disqualified 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.

Earlier this evening, Hamelin set an Olympic record in his quarterfinal heat with a time of 40.770.