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| 'Speed Skating 100m Gold'Lee Na-hyun, 'Two-time Short Track Speed Skating'Kim Ki-li, 'Ski Freestyle Halfpipe First Gold'Lee Seung-hoon, Snowboard Slopestyle First Gold Lee Chae-woon (from left.) Photo = Yonhap News, Korea Sports Council |
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South Korea's 'Strong Heart Gen-Z' showed an unstoppable gold run from the first day of the Harbin Winter Asian Games.
On the 8th, the first day of the competition, South Korea swept a whopping seven gold medals, ranking second overall after China. Four short track, one speed skating, one snowboard, one ski, and five of the seven gold medals came from 2004-2006.
Kim Ki-li (Seongnam City Hall) was born in 2004, Lee Seung-hoon, who wrote his first gold medal in skiing freestyle with Lee Na-hyun, was born in 2005, and Lee Chae-woon (Surigo), a 'genius snowboarder' who won the snowboarding slopestyle, was born in 2006.
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| Gold medal Kim Ki-li 'Wear the Taegeuk flag' |
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| Kim Gili's golden smile |
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In the short track of the traditional filial piety race, Kim Ki-li won two gold medals in the 2000m mixed race and the 1,500m women's race. It overcame host China's territoriality and checks with overwhelming skills and momentum. He did well in the 2000m mixed race and the first gold button, which he expected would not be easy to win the gold medal. Lim Hyo-joon (Chinese name Lin Xiaojun) also fell in the best race. In the women's 1,500-meter race, Kim Ki-li won the gold medal by cleverly breaking through the check of the Chinese trio who made the leading scrum. Short track speed skating with Choi Min-jeong (500m gold) and Park Ji-won ( 1,500m gold) and Kim Ki-li is the strongest in history. He only lost one gold medal in the men's 500m to Lim Hyo-joon, but swept four gold medals out of five events held at the Heilongjing Ice and Snow Training Center on the same day. Kim Ki-li is still hungry. Her goal is to win gold medals in the women's 1,000-meter and 3,000-meter relay races on Sunday.
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| Lee Na-hyun celebrating the national flag |
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The reversal race of the speed skating `20-year-old ice speed star' also shone. Lee Na-hyun (Korea National University) gave her first gold medal to Korean speed skating by beating over Kim Min-sun, a senior in 'New Skating Empress' with 0.004 seconds. Her growth rate, which was expected to be Kim Min-sun after setting a new junior record, was faster than expected. I won a gold medal for the first time in a major championship. He hit 'accident' while reinforcing his starting skills and hindsight in the second half with an absolute physique of 1m70. Neither the Ice Federation nor the Korean Sports Association are unexpected gold medals. The 100m speed skating, which China introduced at its own competition, has also become a feast for Korea in check of the mass start, which has been dominated by Korea's gold medal.
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The two precious gold medals from the snow events were also attributed to the strong heart 'Enfantherible'. Lee Chae-woon, who was born in 2006 and competed in men's slopestyle, was 16 years old at the Beijing Winter Olympics three years ago and the youngest athlete in Korea.After overcoming a hard fall from the landing in the second period of the finals, he played 1440 degrees in the third period and scored 90 points of 'high point'. After a brilliant triple-cock success (three laps diagonally in the air, one lap horizontally, four laps in total, 1440 degrees), I was sure of the gold medal. 1st place in the preliminary round 'Chinese rival' Yang Wenlong was shaken up on the final slope. It was pushed to sixth place due to a fatal mistake, and Lee Chae-woon beat China's Liu Haoyu (76 points) to win the gold medal. Lee Chae-woon, who recorded the first gold medal in Korean skiing and snowboarding in the men's halfpipe at the 2023 International Ski Federation (FIS) World Championships, was unwavering in the crisis. There was no enemy. From the 12th to the 13th, he will try to win two gold medals in the main halfpipe event. Kang Dong-hoon (Korim High School) also performed calmly and enjoyed the joy of the podium with 74 points and a bronze medal.
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| Lee Seung-hoon gold medal, Moon Hee-sung bronze medal. Photo courtesy = Korea Sports Council |
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Lee Seung-hoon, the strongest skier in Asia who was born in 2005, scored 97.50 points in the freestyle ski halfpipe final, and Sheng Haifeng of China (90.50) was seven points behind him. Lee Seung-hoon, who experienced his first Olympics in Beijing when he was 17 years old, made history for the first Asian Games gold medal in freestyle skiing with an unrivalled and overwhelming performance. Moon Hee-sung (88.50 points), born in 2006, who won the bronze medal and reached the podium together, is also a teenager who has improved.
Asia was narrow for those who had already experienced big stages such as Gangwon 2024, the World Cup, the World Championship, and the Olympics early with the Taegeuk mark at a young age. In the first Asian Games, he did everything confidently without regret without being nervous or intimidated. Amid the crisis of elite sports, future generations with dignity and dignity have shown the power of Korean sports.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
