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‘Next-Generation Short Track Ace’ Kim Gil-li Wins Gold Medal in 1,500m at World Championships
Men's 1,500m Dae-heon Hwang was pushed out of the lead by Park Ji-won due to an unreasonable overtaking attempt.
Lin Xiaojun, a naturalized Chinese citizen, won the men's 500m.
Kim Gil-li (Seongnam City Hall), ranked first in the world in the women's short track track this season, won her first individual gold medal at the World Championships.
Gil-li Kim was the first to cross the finish line with a time of 2 minutes 21.192 seconds in the women's 1,500m final at the 2024 International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Championships held at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands on the 16th (local time).
Gil-li Kim, who reached the finals with an overall first place record in the semifinals held earlier in the day, watched the atmosphere at the back for a while at the beginning of the race, but soon took the lead and competed fiercely with Kristin Santos-Griswold of the United States and Hana Desmut of the Netherlands.
Kim Gil-li, who did not miss the gap where Santos-Griswold, who was leading the race at the first corner of the last lap, was pushed out by Deathmoot and slightly crooked, dug into the in-course and rose to first place at once, crossing the finish line and standing at the top. 파워볼사이트
Kim Gil-li, who won the 'Crystal Glove' for her No. 1 overall ranking in this season's World Cup, shook off her disappointment of only winning one silver medal in the women's relay at last year's World Championships and took a step toward her goal of winning multiple gold medals at this tournament.
Kim Gil-li, the 'next-generation ace' who is mentioned as the successor to Choi Min-jeong (Seongnam City Hall), said in an interview after the game, "I'm really happy and happy.
It's my first World Championship gold medal, so it's a different feeling from the World Cup."
He added, "The moment I scored, I thought, 'I finally did it.'
“I thought, ‘I’m in first place,’” he said with a bright smile.
Gil-li Kim looked back on the race and said, “I was in third place, but I was determined not to give up until the end, so I looked for an opportunity behind the scenes,” and pledged, “I will do my best to achieve my biggest goal, participating in the Olympics.”
Shim Seok-hee (Seoul City Hall), who also participated in the finals, ranked 4th with a time of 2 minutes 22.509 seconds.
The women's national team easily advanced to the finals in the women's 3,000m relay led by Kim Gil-li, Lee So-yeon (Sports Toto), Park Ji-won (Jeonbuk Provincial Office), and Shim Seok-hee.
Gil-li Kim aims for multiple wins in the women's 1,000m and women's 3,000m relay.
In the men's 1,500m final, our athletes ended up with no medals due to a collision.
Park Ji-won (Seoul City Hall), who ranked first in the men's World Cup world rankings for two consecutive years, was leading, but was pushed by Hwang Dae-heon (Gangwon Provincial Office), who tried to overtake him late, and lost his balance and fell behind.
Ji-won Park maintained the lead from the start and led the race, but with two laps left to the finish line, Dae-heon Hwang, who was running in 3rd place, was bumped and pushed to the outside while digging from the out-course to the in-course, and ultimately crossed the finish line in 6th place.
Daeheon Hwang crossed the finish line first, but was disqualified due to a penalty, and the gold medal went to China's Sunlong.
In the second race of the men's 1,000m at the first competition of the 2023-2024 ISU World Cup held in Montreal, Canada in October last year, Dae-heon Hwang tried to forcefully overtake Park Ji-won, who was running in first place, on the in-course, and pushed him away, half a lap before the finish line.
At the time, Park Ji-won lost her balance right before the finish line and finished the race in 4th place, and Hwang Dae-heon received a yellow card (YC) and was disqualified.
In an interview after the game that day, Hwang Dae-heon said, "I tried my best, but the result was disappointing.
Park Ji-won immediately apologized to his brother because he felt bad," and said, "I will not comment" on some fans' criticism of the unreasonable overtaking attempt.
Regarding the disappointing result, Park Ji-won said, "Personally, I don't want to think about it.
I think it would be better to think about it after the remaining games are over.
The priority is to think about what I have to do in the future."
Regarding Hwang Dae-heon's apology, he said, "I'll tell you later."
Park Ji-won and Hwang Dae-heon, who passed the men's 500m quarterfinals, were in groups 1 and 2, respectively, in the semifinals, but failed to advance to the finals.
Lin Xiaojun (Korean name Lim Hyo-jun), who became a naturalized Chinese citizen, was in a group with Park Ji-won in the 500m semifinals, advanced to the finals as first place in the group, and won the gold medal with a time of 39.995 seconds.
Meanwhile, the men's national team reached the finals in the men's 5,000m relay, which included Kim Geon-woo (Sports Toto), Lee Jeong-min (Korea National Sport University), Park Ji-won, and Seo Ira (Hwaseong City Hall).