'Defending Champion' Seung-Hoon Lee and Jae-Won Ki Ji-Won advanced to the men's Mass Start final side by side.



The two athletes won the final tickets to the top 8 athletes in the men's mass start semifinals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics held today (19th) at the National Speed ​​Skating Stadium in Beijing, China.

Seunghoon Lee passed the finish line in second place with a time of 7:43.63 in Group 2 of the semi-finals.



He finished second with 40 sprint points.



Seung-Hoon Lee stocked up on strength in the early packs of the race.



He sniffed the opportunity without putting too much energy into the 4th and 8th laps giving sprint points.



He passed 10 laps in 7th place, after which he accelerated on a straight road and climbed to 3rd place at once.



Seung-Hoon Lee climbed to 1st place in the last lap, crossed the finish line in 2nd place, and took 40 sprint points.



Seunghoon Lee is the first champion to win a gold medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, where the mass start was first introduced.



With the help of Jae-won Jung, who played with him at the time, he won the championship.



Jeong Jae-won, who served as Lee Seung-hoon's assistant in Pyeongchang, also showed off his best skills.



Jaewon Jeong, who played in Group 1 of the semi-finals, crossed the finish line in fourth place with a time of 7:45.76 and finished fourth with 12 sprint points.



After holding his breath between 2nd and 5th place at the start of the race, Jaewon Jung increased his speed ahead of his first point point, the 4 lap finish line.



Jeong Jae-won, who crossed the finish line in 3rd place, took one sprint point.



After saving energy, Jaewon Jung increased his speed at the third point, the 12th lap, and passed in 3rd place, adding one more sprint point.



The players started to increase their speed from the 13th lap.



Jae-Won Jung did not lag behind and maintained a high speed, passing the final finish line in 4th place and adding 10 points.



The Mass Start, which runs a total of 16 laps, is an event in which several athletes compete.



The sprint points are added up to determine the ranking.



Sprint points 3, 2, and 1 are awarded to the athletes who finish 1st to 3rd in 4th, 8th, and 12th laps, respectively. At the finish line, 60 points for 1st place, 40 points for 2nd place, 20 points for 3rd place, and 4th place 10 points, 5th place 6 points, 6th place 3 points.