On the first day of the 4th short track red light competition, short track X Choi Min-jeong, Kim Gili, 4th place in the 3000m relay, 3 men's and women's 500m tickets are on the verge of failure
Nov 30, 2025
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The national team failed to win a medal in the men's 500m in the fourth round of the International Skating Union (ISU) short track world tour in the 2025-2026 season in Sportbulbar, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, on the 30th (Korea time).
In the men's 500m quarter-final, Im Jong-eon (Roh Won-won) and Hwang Dae-heon (Gangwon Provincial Office) ranked fifth and sixth in the group, respectively, and Shin Dong-min (Korea University) fell out of the consolation match. As a result, the national team did not win a single medal in the men's 500m of the first to fourth world tours this season, which is at stake in the Olympic quarter.South Korea is expected to secure only two Olympic berths for each country in the men's 500m event, which was traditionally a weak event.
Among the four world tour performances, the top three performances of each player will be combined, and a total of 32 tickets will be distributed for men and women's 500m and 1,000m, and 36 tickets for 1,500m will be distributed by country. Each country can receive up to three tickets for each event. Eight teams will be qualified for the men's and women's relays and 12 teams for the mixed relay. In the men's 500m rankings until the third round of the world tour, only two players ranked in the top 32 with Hwang Dae-heon ranked 23rd and Lim Jong-eon ranked 29th. The ISU will notify each national federation of the qualifying rankings and qualifications for each short track Olympic event on the 12th of next month.
It is unclear whether the women's 500m as well as the men's 500m will secure three Olympic quotas. The national team will challenge for the last chance in the women's 500m event on the 1st. The national team failed to win medals in all events on the first day of the medal race, raising concerns at the imminent Milan Olympics. Lim Jong-eon and Lee Jung-min (Seongnam City Hall), who competed in the men's 1,500m, failed to reach the semifinals, Shin Dong-min finished sixth, and Choi Min-jeong and Kim Ki-li (Seongnam City Hall), who believed in the women's 1,000m, finished fourth in the semifinals in the first and second groups, respectively, failing to reach the final. Choi Min-jeong and Kim Ki-li also missed the podium in the women's 3,000m relay final, finishing fourth behind the Netherlands, Italy and the United States. Fortunately, three tickets are expected to be secured without difficulty in the remaining events except for the men's and women's 500m, thanks to the steady performance at the top this season.
Meanwhile, in the men's 500m final held on the same day, Andrew Herr (Korean name Heo Jae-young) beat William Dandanu (Canada), the strongest short track player in men's short track, to win the gold medal.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
