Choi Min-jung cheers.[사진=연합뉴스]
Choi Min-jung (Seongnam City Hall) presented the gold medal to the Republic of Korea. He also holds the women’s 1500m world and Olympic records.
The women’s 1500m short track ice skating short track final of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was held on February 16 (Korean time) at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.
As a result of the final, Choi Min-jung won the gold medal with a time of 2:17.789. It is 00 seconds 073 difference from second place Ariana Fontana (Italy, 2:17.862).
In the final, Choi Min-jung (helmet number 40) and helmet number 47 Lee Yu-bin (Yonsei University) went up. Choi Min-jung is ranked 7th in the world, and Lee Yu-bin is 1st in the world rankings.
Choi Min-jung broke the Olympic record by setting a time of 2:16.831 in the semifinals.
The world record is already his. It was set in November 2016 at 2:14.354.
Choi Min-jung took the lead in lap 1. However, starting with her 2nd lap, she gave up the ranks. to conserve power. She was in 4th place by 6 laps.
All of a sudden, Choi Min-jung started to hit me. She took 7th lap number one and then continued to increase her speed. Her lap time dropped from the 10’s to the late 9’s and she dropped to the early 9’s. run like the wind
In the last lap of 14, Choi Min-jung crossed the finish line with a lap time of 9.349. Even the record holder’s leisure was felt.
He clenched his fists and stretched out his arms. He walked over to the coaches and put his head down on his fence. Then he enjoyed the feeling of his gold medal.
Choi Min-jung smiling brightly. [사진=연합뉴스]
Choi Min-jung also won the gold medal in the women’s 1500m at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. 2 wins in a row
With this, South Korea won both men’s and women’s 1500m short track titles. The men’s division was won by Hwang Dae-heon (Korea National University of Sports, Gangwon Provincial Office) on February 9th.
Korea was placed 14th in the medal rankings (as of 10:40 pm) with two gold medals, four silver medals, and one bronze medal.
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