Minjeong Choi won the silver medal in the women’s 1,000m short track at the Beijing Olympic Games. The men’s relay team also played a double play at the last minute and reached the finals.
First news, reporter Ha Seong-ryong from Beijing.
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Choi Min-jung’s start was unsettling.
In the 1,000m quarterfinals, after suffering a dizzying crisis that both of his skate blades overlapped and fell, he finished second.
The semi-finals weren’t easy either.
Running in 3rd place, he ran out of the course for more than 2 laps early and took the lead, but he was overtaken by 2 people because he lost too much power and was placed in 3rd place. I did.
Choi Min-jung clenched her teeth even more.
Throughout the final race, I peeked at the opportunity from behind and started running on the out course, my specialty, with two laps left.
After making a big lap, he climbed to second place and sprinted all the way to the end, but passed the finish line in second place by 0.052 seconds behind Dutch wheeling.
Choi Min-jung, who won the silver medal by pouring everything out, shed heavy tears while circling the ice for a while.
[최민정/여자 1,000m 은메달리스트 : 메달 딸 수 있게 되어서 너무 좋았고요. 저도 왜 이렇게 눈물이 많이 나는지 모르겠는데, (올림픽) 준비하면서 너무 힘들었던 게 생각이 많이 나서 그런 것 같아요.]
This is the first precious medal that I won after the third challenge amidst the misfortune of being eliminated from the mixed relay qualifying and falling from the 500m.
Choi Min-jung’s run has now begun.
Choi Min-jeong continues her first gold medal challenge in the 1500m relay and main event.
The men’s relay team advanced to the finals in an exciting comeback race in the semi-finals.
Yoongi Kwak, the ‘eldest brother’, ran in second place and passed the semifinals with the last half lap remaining and overtaking the Netherlands with the in-course chess game.
In the men’s 500m preliminaries, Hwang Dae-heon finished second in the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, and Lee Jun-seo fell down during the race and was unfortunately eliminated.