Korean short track for the first time in this competition: Lin Xiaojun, gold medalist in mixed relay, falls
Feb 08, 2025
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South Korea's short track team won its first gold medal of the event by recording 2:41:52 in the 2000m relay final at the Harbin Winter Asian Games held at the Harbin Heilongjiang Ice Training Center Multipurpose Hall in China on the 8th.
South Korea competed in the final with arch-nemesis China, Japan, and Kazakhstan. China formed a team centered on naturalized player Lin Xiaojun (Im Hyojun). It had no choice but to be the number one guard. South Korea consisted of Choi Min-jeong, Kim Ki-li (Seongnam City Hall), and Kim Tae-sung and Park Ji-won (Seoul City Hall), making it the best list. The start in the mixed relay, which was introduced for the first time in this competition, was important because there was a strong will to aim for all the gold medals in the short track speed skating of this competition.
South Korea gained momentum as Choi Min-jeong, the first runner, took the first place. Kim Ki-li, Kim Tae-sung, and Park Ji-won also maintained their position in the process. In the process of Choi Min-jeong touching with seven laps to go, she briefly gave up the lead to China's Pankusin, but Lin Xiaojun, who was turning a corner with Park Ji-won with two laps to go, lost his balance and fell and regained the lead. After that, Park Ji-won finished the game leisurely and won the gold medal.
The Korean short track team, which finished the mixed relay with a gold medal, will soon try to win additional medals with the men's and women's 1,500-meter semi-finals and the men's and women's 500-meter semi-finals and finals.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
