KEARNS, Utah — A collision between two other skaters cleared the way for American Apolo Anton Ohno to win the 1,000 meters in the short-track speedskating World Cup today.

South Korea's Lee Ho-suk and Canadian Charles Hamelin collided in the final laps and Ohno escaped the wreckage, finishing in a time of 1 minute, 27.137 seconds and just ahead of South Korea's Lee Seung-hoon.

It was the only victory by an American during the World Cup stop at the Utah Olympic Oval.

U.S. skater Katherine Ruetter finished second in the women's 1,000, behind China's Wang Meng. Ruetter also anchored the U.S. 3,000 relay team that finished third. The South Korean team set a world record in the 3,000 with a time of 4:09.938.

Bulgaria's Evgenia Radanova won the 500, and South Korea's Sung Si-bak won the men's 500. South Korea also won the final event of the weekend, taking the 5,000 men's relay with a time of 6:43.882.