On the 15th day of the opening of the Beijing Olympics, the Korean athletes will compete in only one men's 1,000m speed skating event today (18th).
If the women's curling team, which was initially expected, made it to the semifinals, they were scheduled to hold the semi-finals, but were eliminated, and Da-eun Kim and Yu-jin Jang, who participated in the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe qualifiers, also failed to advance to the finals.
The men's speed skating 1,000m will be held at the National Speed Skating Stadium in Beijing, China today at 5:30 PM local time.
In Korea, Min-kyu Cha and Min-seok Kim will participate.
In this competition, Cha Min-gyu won a silver medal in the 500 m and Min-seok Kim won a bronze medal in the 1,500 m, challenging their second medal of the day.
The two also won medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, with Cha Min-gyu winning the 500m silver medal, and Kim Min-seok winning the team overtaking silver medal and 1,500m bronze medal.
First of all, in the 2021-2022 International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup, both Kim Min-seok and Cha Min-gyu were ranked 7th in the 1,000m, the best ranking.
However, both athletes won medals in this Olympics and showed good flow, so it is worth expecting a 'surprise result' that exceeds expectations.
In today's ski women's freestyle halfpipe, China's top winter sports star, Eileen Gu, will challenge for two gold medals.
Born to her American father and Chinese mother, Eileen Koo won a gold medal in the freestyle skiing big air event and a silver medal in slope style.
Eileen Koo, who passed first place in the qualifier yesterday, has a high chance of winning because her main event is halfpipe.
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