Short track sign → Another record! Choi Min-jeong Wins Women's 1,000m Short Track + Two-time Gold Medal Kim Ki-li

Feb 09, 2025

The Korean short track team, which boasts the best in the world, won the gold medal in the women's 1,000m.

South Korea's short track team Choi Min-jeong (Seongnam City Hall) won a gold medal in the women's 1,000m short track final at the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games at the Harbin Heilongjiang Ice Training Center in China on the 9th. With this gold medal, Choi Min-jeong won three gold medals, following the 2000m mixed relay and the 500m women's.

The women's 1,000m event has traditionally been a strong event for the Korean national team. Lee Jeon-kyung in Harbin in 1996, Jin Sun-yu in Jangchun in 2007, Park Seung-hee in Astana-Almaty in 2011, and Shim Suk-hee in Sapporo in 2017 won gold medals with Asian records. Therefore, I was able to expect the gold medal with full expectation. Korea's dignity was also revealed in the world rankings. Including No. 1 Kim Ki-li, No. 5 Choi Min-jeong (Seongnam City Hall) and No. 13 Shim Suk-hee (Seoul City Hall) were listed at the top.

In the preliminary round held on the 7th, Choi Min-jeong ranked first in the group in Group 4, and Kim Ki-li, who belongs to Group 3, also became first in the group and reached the quarterfinals as well. Shim Suk-hee ranked first in Group 1 and made it to the quarterfinals. Choi Min-jeong also advanced to the semifinals with an overwhelming gap of 1:31.214. In Group 3, Shim Suk-hee participated and ranked first with a time of 1:34.926, and in Group 4, Kim Ki-li fell to Rina Shimada (Japan). However, immediately after the game, Kim Ki-li's advance was declared and he reached the semifinals.

Choi Min-jeong's race

(Harbin = Yonhap News) Reporter Seo Dae-yeon = Choi Min-jeong runs in the women's 1,000m short track semifinal at the Harbin Winter Asian Games held at the multi-purpose hall of the Heilongjiang Ice and Training Center in Harbin, China on the 9th. 2025.2.9

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In the semifinals, Korean players continued to do well. Choi Min-jeong and Shim Suk-hee came out at the same time in Group 1. At the beginning, Choi Min-jeong, who led the way, stayed in her position and passed with a time of 1:29:835. Shim Suk-hee broke the Asian Games record (1 minute 30 seconds 376) set at the 2017 Sapporo Games. Shim Suk-hee, who was in the rear, sought to come in second after raising her ranking little by little, but Yang Jing-ru, who came in second, was not behind. However, Yang Jing-ru's collision during the overtaking process was declared a penalty and was disqualified. Shim Suk-hee reached the final, rising to second place. In Group 2, Kim Ki-li recaptured the first place at the last minute after Jang Chun-tong's heated race and advanced to the final in 1:31:194.

In the final, Choi Min-jeong, Shim Suk-hee, Kim Ki-li, Jang Chu-tong, and Yermek Malika were at the starting line. From the beginning, he led the race by taking the lead in the order of Choi Min-jeong, Kim Ki-li, and Shim Suk-hee. Jang Chun-tong tried hard to come up to second place, but Kim Ki-li immediately held his seat again and checked it. Choi Min-jeong and Kim Ki-li changed their positions for first and second place, but Choi Min-jeong maintained the lead until the end. Choi Min-jeong won the gold medal in 1:29.637, breaking the Asian Games record in the semifinals. Kim Ki-li won the silver medal in second place, and Jang Chun-tong won the bronze medal in third place. Shim Suk-hee unfortunately finished in fourth place.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.

Short track sign → Another record! Choi Min-jeong Wins Women's 1,000m Short Track + Two-time Gold Medal Kim Ki-li

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