Speed Skating - Norway's Lorentzen edges Korean in photo finish

Speed Skating - Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics - Men's 500m competition finals - Gangneung Oval - Gangneung, South Korea - February 19, 2018 - Havard Lorentzen of Norway celebrates after winning a gold medal. REUTERS/John Sibley

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - Norwegian Havard Lorentzen struck gold in the men's 500 metres speed skating at the Gangneung Oval on Monday after edging out South Korea's Cha Min-kyu in a dramatic photo finish.

After Cha had broken the Olympic record in a blistering lap, the ice-cool Lorentzen went 0.01 seconds faster, zooming around the track in a time of 34.41. Chinese Gao Tingyu took the bronze medal.