Two South Korean Olympic medallists in short-track speed skating have been banned for three years for their alleged involvement in a race-fixing scandal.

Germany had two great escapes to win the Olympic gold medal in the women's team pursuit speed skating on Saturday.

Germany edged out Japan to win the Olympic Games women's speed skating team pursuit title, but only after golden girl Anna Friesinger-Postma had crawled comically across the line in the semi-finals.

Australian short track speed skater Tatiana Borodulina admitted she didn't handle the pressure at times during her first Winter Olympics for Australia.

Wang Meng won the 1,000-metre gold to complete China's sweep of the four short-track women's events at the Winter Olympics on Friday and admitted her country's domination of South Korea was just as pleasing.

Australian short track referee Jim Hewish, who had come under fire after disqualifying defending champions South Korea in the Olympic women's 3,000m relay, was dropped from Friday's women's 1,000m race, the International Skating Union (ISU) confirmed.

China's Wang Meng won her third gold medal at the Olympic short track and Canada's Charles Hamelin got one in the 500 and the relay.

A Korean man has been arrested in Seoul following a threat to blow up the Australian embassy because he was outraged by an Australian skating judge.

China won the Olympic women's 3000m relay short track speedskating final on Wednesday after four-time defending champion South Korea were disqualified.

World-record holder Sablikova added to her victory in the 3000m with a time of 6 minutes, 50.91 seconds, narrowly beating Stephanie Beckert of Germany.

Sven Kramer says he'll stay with coach Gerard Kemkers despite the blunder which cost the Dutch speedskater Olympic gold in the 10,000 metre race.

Steven Bradbury, the "last man standing" in Olympic short-track skating lore, says surprises will continue marking his sport.

Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer has allegedly pushed a volunteer after he was sensationally disqualified in the men's 10,000m speed skating.

China are planning to sweep all of four women's short-track gold medals at the Vancouver Olympics, upstaging powerhouse South Korea.

Ireen Wust shattered Canada's confident hopes of an Olympic gold medal in the women's 1500m speedskating, adding the title to the 3000m she collected in Turin.