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Speed ​​skater Kim Min-seon opened her era with 4 consecutive gold medals in the World Cup this season.

I am determined to challenge Lee Sang-hwa's world record by supplementing my weak start.



This is reporter Ha Seong-ryong.



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Kim Min-seon, who has been called the successor to Lee Sang-hwa, won the world's No. 1 spot with four consecutive gold medals, beating Olympic medalists in the 500m World Cup this season, earning her the nickname 'new queen of ice speed'.



[Kim Min-seon/Speed ​​Skating National Representative: I was a little more proud than the story of 'the second idealization', and it felt good because it seemed to prove that Kim Min-seon was in speed skating once more.



] It entered the 36 seconds range and reduced the best record to 36 seconds 96 in the 4th competition, approaching the world record set by Lee Sang-hwa 9 years ago by 0.6 seconds.



Comparing Lee Sang-hwa and the first 100m record, Kim Min-seon is behind by more than 0.3 seconds.



[Kim Min-seon/Speed ​​Skating National Representative: It seems that the final goal is to challenge for an Olympic medal and a new world record, and I wonder if that day will come someday as I have grown a step this season...

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Min-sun Kim, the year of the rabbit, continues her strong run toward winning the World Cup Finals and conquering the world championships in her year of 2023.



[Kim Min-seon/Speed ​​Skating National Representative: Like a rabbit in the new year, I'll try to break the record faster.]



(Video coverage: Lee Byung-ju, video editing: Lee Jung-taek, CG: Lim Chan-hyuk)