Lee Seung-hoon also recognized Lee Jong-mok, the world's No. 1 real specialist, as a 37-year-old ironman's goosebumps race
Feb 24, 2025
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Seven years ago, Lee Seung-hoon, who was just 30 years old 'Ice Ironman', said this himself. Lee Seung-hoon, who won the grand prize at the Coca-Cola Sports Awards right after the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics mass start gold medal, aimed at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and clarified his challenge by saying, `As a speed skater, I can say that I am 35 years old (four years later), but there are many athletes in the world who won gold medals at that age.' There is a saying called "Old but Gold". My age is 'Old' but I'll do 'Gold'" made headlines with his impressive acceptance speech. Even after winning four consecutive Olympic medals at the 2023 Beijing Olympics, he did not stop trying. While playing in the Netherlands, I learned how to truly enjoy it. "I'm enjoying my favorite skating as a hobby." Lee Seung-hoon's enjoyable skating, a 37-year-old ironman, is going against the years. After seven years, he has risen to the top of the world again with a brilliant gold race.
'Mass Start Expert' Lee Seung-hoon's race behind the scenes was brilliant. There was a plan. He curled up in the back of the beginning and saved his stamina. He remained 18th to 20th out of 20 until eight out of a total of 16 laps. After staying in 16th place until lap 12, he moved up to 8th place with three laps to go. When the players were exhausted with two laps to go, they quickly jumped to third place with a storm spurt, and before the last lap, they took the lead like a lightning bolt from the outside of the first curve, before sprinting all the way to the come-from-behind victory. Fans cheered enthusiastically for the incredible sight of the "37-year-old Ironman" and the gruesome last-minute race that beat out Olympic medalists and athletes in their 20s.
Mass start is the best event for Lee Seung-hoon, who switched from short track to speed skating in 2009. In the race, short track cornering, long-distance runners' endurance and skillful race management skills shone without fail. "If you have a chance ahead of the finish line, you can catch it."The confidence that "was true. Lee Seung-hoon, who crossed the finish line first, pumped his fist and cheered.
Lee Seung-hoon, who broke the record for the most medals (9 medals) in the history of Korean athletes in the Winter Asian Games by collaborating with his 12th-generation juniors at the 2025 Harbin Winter Asian Games, won his first World Cup medal of the season at an international competition that followed immediately. The World Cup gold medal was the first in more than seven years since the mass start gold medal in the fourth Salt Lake World Cup in the U.S. in December 2017, just before the PyeongChang Olympics. The ISU also posted a message on its official social media, "Surprise!," he said, expressing his surprise at the monster race.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
