Short track A-Rang Kim and Jun-Seo Lee also gave up the race
(Beijing = Yonhap News) Reporter Haein Hong = Seunghoon Lee runs the curve during the men’s mass start finals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics held at the National Speed Skating Stadium (Oval) in Beijing, China on the 19th.
In the match, Jae-Won Jeong took the silver medal and Seung-Hoon Lee took the bronze medal. 2022.2.19 hihong@yna.co.kr
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Kyung-yun = Ice skating stars who impressed at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics gave up their participation in the 103rd National Winter Sports Festival one following another.
The Korea Skating Federation said on the 24th, “Speed skating Lee Seung-hoon (IHQ) and short track speed skater Lee Yu-bin (Yonsei University) will not participate in this event as they expressed their intention to abstain. told
Seung-Hoon Lee, the men’s mass start bronze medalist in speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, was scheduled to compete in the men’s 1,500m, men’s 5,000m and men’s mass start at Taereung International Skating Rink on the 24th and 25th.
Lee Yoo-bin, who collaborated for the silver medal in the women’s 3,000 m relay in short track, also applied to participate in the women’s 500 m, women’s 1,000 m and women’s 3,000 m relay events held at the Uiam Ice Rink in Chuncheon on the 24th and 25th.
However, the two athletes gave up all competitions. No specific reason was disclosed.
Hwang Dae-heon, the men’s 1,500m short track gold medalist at the Beijing Winter Olympics, abandoned the men’s 500m event scheduled to be held at the Chuncheon Uiam Ice Rink on the 24th.
The men’s 1,000m, which will be held at the same place on the 25th, is expected to compete normally.
Initially, the Taegeuk warriors of the Beijing Olympics were scheduled to participate in the Winter Games to continue the popularity of winter sports, but following the Olympics, they seem to be skipping the Winter Games due to accumulated fatigue and various external schedules.
Min-jeong Choi (Seongnam City Hall), the representative of the women’s short track team, the gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics, and Kwak Yoon-ki (Goyang City Hall), the eldest brother of the men’s team, also did not apply.
Short track eldest sister Kim A-rang (Goyang City Hall) and short track men’s men’s team youngest member Jun-seo Lee (Korea Sports Festival) also gave up participating in the competition.
Among the short track national team, only Park Jang-hyeok, Kim Dong-wook (Sports Toto), Seo Hwi-min (Korea University), and Park Ji-yoon (Uijeongbu City Hall) are the only short-track team players to fully compete.
The Winter Games will be held for the first time in two years. The 102nd tournament, which was scheduled to be held last year, was canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19).
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