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Choi Min-jung won the silver medal in the women's 1,000m short track at the Beijing Olympics with all her heart.

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.



She finished second in her quarterfinals in the 1,000m after she suffered a dizzying crisis in which she nearly tripped both of her skate blades.



Even the semifinals weren't easy.



She was running in 3rd place She ran out of course for more than 2 laps early and took the lead, but she lost too much power, so she was overtaken by 2 people and finished 3rd, ahead of the other group 3rd place, Lee Yubin Dramatically, I got a ticket to the finals.



Choi Min-jung clenched her teeth even more.



Throughout the final race, she peeked behind the scenes, leaving two laps to begin her sprint into her specialty, the out course.



She made one big lap and she climbed to second place, where she sprinted all the way to the end, but she was 0.052 seconds behind Dutch sprinting and she crossed the finish line in second place.



Choi Min-jung, who gave her everything and won her silver medal, shed her heavy tears as she circled her ice for a while.



[Choi Min-jung/Women's 1,000m silver medalist: It was so good to be able to win a medal.

I don't even know why I cry so much, but I think it's because I remember a lot about how hard it was to prepare for (Olympic).]



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-jung continues her first gold medal challenge again in her relay and the 1500m in the 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 placed 2nd in the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, and Lee Jun-seo fell down during the race and was unfortunately eliminated.