Short track national team ‘Golden Haunting’▶ Click here for a larger view
The Korean short track team, which achieved the ‘beautiful beauty’ at the 2022 International Skating Union (ISU) World Championships, returned with a light step.
Short track team athletes such as Choi Min-jeong (Seongnam City Hall) and Kim A-Rang (Goyang City Hall) returned to Korea through Incheon International Airport on the followingnoon of the 12th.
When the national team appeared, many fans filled the arrival hall greeted them with cheers, and as the players moved, they ran together.
At the welcome event held at one side of the airport, Kim Hong-shik, executive vice president of the Korea Skating Federation, and Jeong Kwang-yeol, vice president of the Korea Skating Federation, delivered bouquets of flowers to the athletes.
The national team finished the 2021-2022 season at the 2022 ISU Short Track Skating World Championships, which ended in Montreal, Canada on the 11th Korean time.
Min-jeong Choi of the short track ‘Signboard’ took first place in the 1,500m, 1,000m, and 3,000m Super Finals, with the exception of the women’s 500m, and took the women’s overall championship.
In the women’s 3,000m relay, which is not included in the individual overall ranking, she took the lead in winning Korea’s gold medal in an explosive last-minute race and took the lead in winning four gold medals.
Min-jeong Choi (1995, 1996, 1997) and Seon-yu Jin (2005, 2006), Choi Min-eun (1995, 1996, 1997) and Jin Seon-yu (2005, 2006) , 2007) broke the record for the most overall wins at the Korean women’s world championships.
Choi Min-jung with a bright expression▶ Click here for a larger view
Choi Min-jung had a difficult time due to training restrictions, injuries, and national redness due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). He firmly maintained his position as ‘the strongest’.
Shim Seok-hee, Kim A-rang, Seo Hwi-min (Korea University), and Park Ji-yoon (Korea National University) also collaborated with Choi Min-jung to win a gold medal in the relay.
In October of last year, the women’s national team suffered a lot of pain when it was revealed that Shim Seok-hee wentssips regarding his colleagues such as Choi Min-jung and Kim A-rang during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Shim Seok-hee, who was suspended for two months by the Ice Skating Federation, joined the national team ahead of this competition, but the atmosphere was not good.
The emotional goal was still there, and Shim Seok-hee’s expression was solid from departure to the day she returned home. He also moved some distance from the players in his arrival hall.
However, despite the ‘uncomfortable living together’, the players maintained their first place.
At the awards ceremony where they stood together, A-Rang Kim looked at Hwi-Min Seo and sent a signal to Suk-Hee Shim to give him a medal, and this scene was talked regarding online.
Shim Seok-hee with a hard expression▶ Click here for a larger view
Korea smiled as they hung a gold medal around their neck in the men’s 5,000m relay.
As for the men’s national team, Hwang Dae-heon (Gangwon Provincial Office) and Park Jang-hyeok (Sports Toto) left due to COVID-19, and Lee Jun-seo (Korea National University of Sports), Kwak Yun-ki (Goyang City Hall), Kim Dong-wook, Han Seung-su (Sports Toto), and Park In-wook (Daejeon Sports Toto) were competing. went to
Junseo Lee took silver medals in the men’s 1,000m and 3,000m super finals, respectively, and placed third in the individual overall.
Players who have finished the season will take a break until the national team selection for the 2022-2023 season to be held early next month.
Choi Min-jung and Lee Jun-seo, who achieved the highest results at the World Championships, were automatically selected as the national team for the next season.
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