Speed ​​skating Kim Min-seon

Speed ​​skating women's short distance single Kim Min-seon (Uijeongbu City Hall) succeeded in winning a medal in the women's 500m World Cup for the sixth time in a row.

Min-seon Kim defeated Erin Jackson of the United States (36.90 seconds) in the women's 500m at the 5th competition of the 2023-2024 International Skating Union (ISU) Speed ​​Skating World Cup held at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 28th (Korean time) with a record of 37.22 seconds. ), followed by Kimi Goetz of the United States (37.08 seconds).

Kim Min-seon, who ran with Goetsu in the group 9 in-course, passed the first 100m in a slightly late time of 10.53 seconds. 카지노사이트

It ranked 6th overall, and was 0.22 seconds behind Jackson (10.31 seconds), who won the gold medal.

However, he showed his spirit with his unique spirit of racing and climbed to the podium in 3rd place overall.

Kim Min-seon has been on a medal streak since winning a bronze medal in the second race of the women's 500m at the second World Cup held in November last year.

Kim Min-seon, who added 48 ranking points, maintained second place with 400 points.First place is Jackson, who accumulated 434 points.

Kim Min-seon is aiming for a come-from-behind overall victory in the final World Cup tournament to be held in Quebec, Canada starting from the 2nd of next month.

Speed ​​skating star Lee Na-hyeon

Lee Na-hyun (Nowon High School), who competed in the same event on this day, ranked 5th, setting a new junior world record of 37.34 seconds.

Lee Na-hyun set a new Korean junior record of 37.48 seconds at the Four Continents Championships held at the same location on the 21st, and broke the world junior record in just one week.

The junior world record in this event has deep ties to Korea.In 2007, ‘Ice Queen’ Lee Sang-hwa (37.81 seconds) and in 2017, ‘New Ice Queen’ Kim Min-seon (37.78 seconds) set new records.

The world record, which Korea had held for over 10 years, was broken by the Netherlands' Fecker Kok (37.45 seconds) in 2020, but was brought back by Lee Na-hyun on this day.

Kim Jun-ho (Gangwon Provincial Office), who participated in the men's 500m, ranked 4th with a time of 34.18 seconds.It is only 0.02 seconds behind Japan's Murakami Yuma (34.16 seconds), who came in third place. 토토사이트