Kim Min-seon (Uijeongbu City Hall), a Korean speed skating short-distance star, won a bronze medal in the women’s 500m at the first international competition of the 2024-2025 season.
Min-seon Kim crossed the finish line in 38.30 seconds in the women’s 500m at the 2024-2025 International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Speed Skating Championships held at the YS Arena in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan on the 16th, taking third place out of 19 people. .
Erin Jackson (USA) won the gold medal in 38.16 seconds, and Kurumi Inagawa (Japan) won the silver medal in 38.26 seconds.
Kim Min-seon, who raced with Inagawa in Group 6, started from the outside course and passed the first 100 meters in 10.60 seconds. It was a record equivalent to 5th place.
Kim Min-seon picked up the pace afterward and passed the remaining 400 meters in 27.70 seconds, raising her ranking to third place.
Kim Min-seon, who swept the gold medals in the 1st to 5th World Cup competitions in the 2022-2023 season and took first place in the World Cup rankings, also ranked second after Jackson in the 2023-2024 season.
Kim Min-seon will challenge for an additional medal in the women’s 1000m held on the 17th. Afterwards, they will participate in the first round of the World Cup held in Nagano, Japan on the 22nd.
Lee Na-hyun (Korea National Sport University), a promising sprinter who also competed in the women’s 500m, ranked 11th with a time of 39.20 seconds.
Kim Min-seon and Na-hyun Lee teamed up to win a silver medal in the team sprint that took place on the 15th.
In the men’s 500m, Kim Jun-ho (Gangwon Provincial Office) took 10th place with a time of 35.29 seconds. Cho Sang-hyuk (Sports Toto) took 12th place with 35.57 seconds.
The gold medal went to Jordan Stoltz (USA), who recorded 34.47 seconds.
(Seoul = Newsis)
Source: www.donga.com
