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Choi Min-jeong, who won a silver medal in the 1,000m short track, cried as soon as the race was over.
She said she remembered it being so hard.
She said that she only wanted to laugh in the future, and I hope that will come true.
This is Correspondent Ha Seong-ryong.
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Choi Min-jung experienced a dizzying crisis while conducting a drastic strategy in her semifinals.
She was out on more than two laps when she ran out of stamina and she was overtaken by two, and she was the fastest among third in each group on the brink of elimination and she was on the last train to the finals.
In her finals, she changed tactics.
She seized a chance as she maintained fourth place in a race led by world number one Dutch Swheeling, so she started sprinting out of the way with two laps left.
She made one big round and she made it to second place, 0.052 seconds behind the last blade push.
Choi Min-jung, who gave her everything, shed tears for a long time after winning her silver medal.
[Choi Min-jung/Women’s 1,000m silver medalist: I don’t know why I cry so much, but I remember a lot of how hard it was while preparing…
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The 1,000m is a painful event that sparked suspicions of Shim Seok-hee's 'intentional collision' at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
Min-Jung Choi, who suffered physically and mentally due to her extreme stress and her injuries, overcame her continuous ordeal and finally won her first medal, vomiting her anger.
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1,000m silver medalist: (Since the Pyeongchang Olympics) I think it meant that I overcame some difficult times well, so (silver medal) was more rewarding.]
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Choi Min-jung challenges the history of her two consecutive gold medals in her remaining relay and her main event, the 1,500 m.
(Video coverage: Chan-soo Lee, video editing: Jeong-taek Lee)