They won gold medals in the men’s and women’s 1500m and also in the mixed relay.
Men’s 500M Gu Min-seung sweeps 4 Korean gold medals
Lim Jong-eon (Nowon High School) and Oh Song-mi (Han Kwang High School) of the short track junior national team each took two gold medals in the second round of the 2024-25 International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Cup Junior Competition.
Lim Jong-eon won the gold medal by crossing the finish line first with a time of 2 minutes 19.420 seconds in the men’s 1500m final on the second day of the competition held in Bormio, Italy on the 16th (Korean time).
Lim Jong-eon took the lead with four laps remaining and then widened the distance to comfortably take first place.
In the women’s 1500m, Oh Song-mi took first place with a time of 2 minutes 30.223 seconds.
Songmi Oh looked for an opportunity in the lower group until the middle of the race and quickly rose to second place with four laps remaining. Afterwards, in the last corner, she succeeded in coming from behind to win by breaking into the in-course of teammate Kim Min-ji (Jeonghwa Girls’ High School), who was in first place.
Kim Min-ji, who lost the lead due to Oh Song-mi’s last-minute spurt, was satisfied with the silver medal with a time of 2 minutes 30.285 seconds.
Korea, teamed by Lim Jong-eon, Oh Song-mi, Jeong Jae-hee (Banpo High School), and Jae-hee Joo (Han Gwangwang High School), took first place in the middle of the race in the mixed relay finals and crossed the finish line without giving up any gaps, winning an additional gold medal.
In the final of the first men’s 500m race held on the same day, Koo Min-seung (Cheoncheon High School) rose to first place from the start of the race and crossed the finish line without giving up any gaps, adding a gold medal in the short distance event as well.
Korea showed off its strongest performance by winning four gold medals in the five events held until the second day. Korea will attempt to win additional gold medals in the second race of the men’s and women’s 500m, 1000m, and men’s and women’s relay, which will be held on the 17th, the last day of the competition.
(Seoul = News 1)