Canadian Valerie Maltais broke the women\'s 1,000m short-track speed skating world record on Friday, winning her qualifying heat at the World Cup in 1min, 27.653sec. Maltais broke the previous record of 1:29.049 set by China\'s Zhou Yang at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. \"When I started my race I just told my coach I was going to go fast during the race, but I didn\'t say I was trying to break the record,\" Maltais said.