Maintaining No. 1 in the world ranking “I will manage my physical strength well and show a good appearance in the 4th competition”
‘New Empress of Ice’ Kim Min-seon (23, Uijeongbu City Hall) continued winning the World Cup three times in a row.
Kim Min-sun won the gold medal with a personal best record of 36 seconds 972 in the Women’s 500m Division A (1st division) at the 2022-2023 International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup 3rd Competition held at the Calgary Olympic Oval in Canada on the 10th (Korean time). occupied
Kim Min-seon, who started on the 8th group out course, played the game in unfavorable circumstances. Michelle Deyong (Netherlands), who was in the race together, made a false start and the flow collapsed.
Standing on the starting line once more, Kim Min-seon passed the first 100m in 10.46 seconds, fourth place overall.
Afterwards, Kim Min-sun increased her speed with tremendous explosive power and won the championship by a wide margin over 2nd place Vanessa Herrchok (37 seconds 261, Austria).
Following the 1st and 2nd World Cup competitions, Kim Min-sun continued her golden run in this competition and achieved the splendid feat of winning the World Cup three times in a row.
Including the ISU Four Continents Championships held last month, it is the record of winning four consecutive ISU international competitions.
It is also meaningful to set a record of 36 invitations. Kim Min-sun was the only one to set a record of 36 seconds in this competition, shortening the previous personal best record (37 seconds 200) by 0.228 seconds.
It is the first time since Lee Sang-hwa (retired) that a Korean player has set a record of 36 seconds. Lee Sang-hwa is one step closer to the world record set in 2013 (36 seconds 36).
On this day, Kim Min-seon added 60 World Cup points and secured her first place in the world rankings with a total of 180 points. It opened up a 29-point gap with the second-placed hair choke.
Kim Min-sun will challenge for a fourth consecutive championship through the 4th World Cup tournament to be held next week.
After finishing the game, Kim Min-sun said through the Korea Ice Skating Federation, “I am proud of setting a new competition record of 36 seconds 972 (this season) along with the gold medal.” I will manage it well and show a good figure in the 4th competition.”
The record for the most consecutive World Cup victories among Korean players is 10 by Lee Sang-hwa. From the 2nd race of the World Cup Finals in March 2013 to the 2nd race of the 1st World Cup in November 2014, Lee Sang-hwa achieved 10 consecutive World Cup victories.
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