
Park Ji-won won 3 gold medals in short track… Shim Suk-hee 3,000m relay relay relay gold medal race
Park Ji-Won (Seoul City Hall), the signboard of the men’s short track speed skating team, won a dramatic come-from-behind victory in the men’s 1,000m men’s 1,000m final in 5th place with 4 laps left at the finish line, winning three gold medals.
In the women’s 3,000m relay, Shim Suk-hee, the last runner, succeeded in reversing with two laps left at the finish line, beating Canada to win the gold medal.
Park Ji-won won the gold medal in the men’s 1,000m final at the 4th event of the 2022-2023 International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Cup held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on the 18th (Korean time) with a record of 1:24:573.
Park Ji-won, who won gold medals in the men’s 1,500m and mixed 2,000m relay the previous day, finished the event by sweeping all three gold medals.
It was a dramatic match. Park Ji-won saw an opportunity in the lower ranks with Hong Kyung-hwan, who had advanced to the final together at the beginning of the race. With 4 laps left before the finish line, he was in 5th place, and Hong Kyung-hwan was in 4th place.
The two players hit the finish line side by side with three laps to go, and Hong Gyeong-hwan fell in the process, creating a messy situation.
At this time, Park Ji-won increased her speed and took second place. Afterwards, he squeezed through the in-course and overcame the leader, Steven Dubois (Canada), and then entered the finish line as it was.
Park Ji-won is playing the role of a signboard for the men’s national team this season.
After winning three gold medals in the first World Cup competition, he continued his good streak by winning the men’s 1,000m championship in the second competition, and also won two gold medals in the third World Cup competition.토토사이트
This season, the short track men’s national team was expected to struggle as major players such as Hwang Dae-heon (Gangwon Provincial Office), who won two gold medals at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, missed due to injuries, but Park Ji-won brilliantly filled the ace position and is doing well.
The women’s national team, which competed in the 3,000m relay, also won a thrilling come-from-behind victory.
Shim Seok-hee (Seoul City Hall), Kim Gil-li (Seo Hyun High School), Seo Hwi-min (Korea University), and Lee So-yeon (Sports Toto) won the gold medal by beating Canada with a record of 4:12:964.
Korea ran second after Canada, but Shim Suk-hee, the last runner, succeeded in reversing with two laps left at the finish line. After that, he overcame a rough struggle and crossed the finish line first.
In the final of the men’s 500m second race, Jang Seong-woo (Korea University) won the silver medal with a record of 41.910 seconds.
Korea finished this World Cup with 4 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals.
The short track team, which has played four World Cups without a break, will spend time recharging after returning home.
The 5th and 6th World Cup tournaments will be held in February next year.