Choi Min-jung (Seongnam City Hall), a Korean short track sign, took a gold medal in the women's 1,500m at the World Championships and came close to the overall championship title.
Kim Boutin (2:24.201) of Canada recorded 2:23.594 in the women's 1,500m final at the 2022 ISU Short Track World Championships at the Morris Richard Arena in Montreal, Canada on the 10th (Korean time). ) and won the championship.
Min-Jung Choi, who was accumulating energy behind the race early in the race, left the finish line four laps left and sprinted out of the course.
She outrun nearly one lap, beating her lead, and she took first place on the second curve, where she left the finish line three laps.
Choi Min-jung has since passed the finish line effortlessly in an overwhelming race without slowing down her speed.
Hwi-min Seo (Korea University), who participated in the same event, won the bronze medal with a time of 2:24.455.
Shim Seok-hee (Seoul City Hall) finished fifth with a time of 2:25.458.
In the women's 500m, none of them made it to the final final A.
Choi Min-jung and Seo Hwi-min competed in Final B and finished 1st and 3rd respectively.
Shim Seok-hee was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
On the first day of her medal race, Choi Min-Jung and Kim Boutin (2 silver medals · 42 points), who received 39 Final Points for one of her gold medals, finished second in the overall rankings.
Choi Min-jung will compete in the women's 1,000m and women's 3,000m super finals on the 11th to challenge for the overall victory.
The last time Choi Min-jung won the world championship overall was in 2018.
All the men's teams failed to win medals that day.
Junseo Lee (Korea National University of Sports), who advanced to the men's 1,500m final, broke the finish line in 5th place, and Yoongi Kwak (Goyang City Hall) and Dongwook Kim (Sports Toto) failed to advance to the final A.
In the men's 500m final, Jun-seo Lee was pushed to 4th place and unfortunately did not win the medal.
The men's and women's relay lightly advanced to the finals.
The women's relay team, played by Choi Min-jeong, Kim A-rang (Goyang City Hall), Park Ji-yoon (Uijeongbu City Hall), and Seo Hwi-min, advanced to the final by beating Canada with a record of 4:10.464 in the semifinal of the 3,000m women's relay.
The men's relay team with Lee Jun-seo, Kwak Yoon-gi, Park In-wook (Daejeon Athletics) and Han Seung-soo (Sports Toto) also took first place in the semifinals of the 5,000m men's relay with a time of 7:03.722.
The relay finals will be held on the 11th.
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