Choi Min-jung wins silver medal in short track… Speed ​​skating 500m medal challenge

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Yesterday (11th) evening, our team’s third medal came out at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Minjung Choi of the national short track team won the silver medal in the women’s 1,000m final yesterday for the second time after Schuzaner swheeling in the Netherlands.

After the match, Choi Min-jung wept and said, “The preparation process was very difficult, but I think that difficult time came out as a result of the silver medal, and I was overwhelmed.”

The men’s short track team succeeded in advancing to the final of the 5,000m relay, and Hwang Dae-heon passed the men’s 500m preliminaries.

Today, on the ninth day of the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, our athletes continue their challenges in the men’s 500m speed skating, curling, and skeleton.