I wrote history of short track! Choi Min-jeong sweeps two-time Asian Games women's short track 500m → Kim Gili Lee So-yeon
Feb 08, 2025
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South Korea's short track team Choi Min-jeong (Seongnam City Hall) won a gold medal in the women's 500m short track final at the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games held at the multipurpose hall of the Harbin Heilongjiang Ice Training Center in China on the 8th.
The women's 500m event was not traditionally considered a strong event by the Korean national team. Both men and women have only won a 500m gold medal at the all-time Winter Asian Games. Lee Jun-hwan is the only player in the 1999 Gangwon competition. The women's 500m did not have a gold medal. Therefore, the desire for a gold medal was inevitable. You can expect a gold medal with full expectation. Kim Ki-li (Seongnam City Hall) ranked seventh and Choi Min-jeong ranked eighth in the world rankings.
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Choi Min-jeong also advanced to the semifinals with an overwhelming gap in the quarterfinals in Group 1. He broke the competition record in the preliminary round with 43.318 seconds. In Group 3, Lee So-yeon participated and ranked second after Jang Chun-tong, who came in first, and in Group 4, Kim Ki-li reached the semifinals for the second time after Wang Shin-ran.
In the semifinals, Korean players continued to do well. Kim Ki-li, who played in the first group of the semifinals, was shaken by falling to fourth place in the beginning, but Wang Sin-ran and Kanyana advanced to the final in first place, breaking through the gap between the clashes. In Group 2, Choi Min-jeong and Lee So-yeon came out to eat. Choi Min-jeong, who quickly took the lead at the start, held the lead until the end, and Lee So-yeon also secured the second place, making both players reach the final.
In the final, Choi Min-jeong, Kim Ki-li, Lee So-yeon and Wang Shinran Shimada Rina were present together. At the beginning, Choi Min-jeong took the lead and gained momentum. Lee So-yeon and Kim Ki-li followed second and third, checking the runs of Chinese and Japanese players. Choi Min-jeong won the gold medal by maintaining the lead until the last lap, followed by Kim Ki-li and Lee So-yeon, who won silver and bronze medals, respectively, to sweep the medal.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
