Short track star Choi Min-jeong tries to sweep the first place medal in the preliminary round of the second world tour
Oct 18, 2025
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Choi Min-jeong was the first to break the finish line with a time of 43.065 seconds in the eighth group of the women's 500m second qualifying round at Morris Richard Arena in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on the 18th (Korea time). Choi Min-jeong also ranked first in the group with a time of 2:30:312 in Group 7 of the women's 1,500m quarterfinal, settling for the semifinals. Choi Min-jeong, who also ranked first in the women's 1,000m preliminaries on the first day, aims to sweep medals in the individual finals on the 19th and 20th.
Other national team players also cruised. In the men's 1,000m preliminary round, Im Jong-eon (Roh Won-won) and Hwang Dae-heon (Gangwon Provincial Government) finished first in the group, and Shin Dong-min (Korea University) finished second in the group. China's Lin Xiaojun (Korean name Lim Hyojun), who played in the same group as Im Jong-eon, fell and was pushed to the loser's revival match.
In the women's 1,500m quarter-final, Kim Ki-li (Seongnam City Hall) advanced to the semifinals with a time of 2:32.654 in Group 4, beating Sandra Felzebur (the Netherlands). Noh Do-hee (Hwaseong City Hall) also passed the match in second place in Group 5. In the women's 500m qualifying round, Kim Ki-li took second place in the group, and Lee So-yeon (Sports Toto) fell to the loser's revival match unfortunately, ranking fourth in Group 4.
Hong Kyung-hwan (Goyang City Hall), Shin Dong-min, Lee Jung-min (Seongnam City Hall), and Lee Joon-seo (Seongnam City Hall) ranked second after the Netherlands in the men's 5,000m relay quarterfinal, and in the mixed 2000m relay semifinals, Hwang Dae-heon, Lee Jung-min, Kim Ki-li and Lee So-yeon succeeded in advancing to the final as second in Group 1.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
