Kim Min-seon in ice speed, 8th place in women’s 1000m world championships Entered the top 10 for the first time in his life

“I thought about 4th or 5th place in the 1000m a disappointing ranking.”

Kim Min-seon (Uijeongbu City Hall), the leading Korean women's speed skating short-distance skater, entered the top 10 for the first time in the 1000m event at the World Championships.

Min-seon Kim ranked 8th overall with a time of 1 minute 14.38 seconds in the women's 1000m at the '2024 International Skating Union (ISU) World Speed ​​Skating Championships' held at the Calgary Olympic Oval in Calgary, Canada on the morning of the 18th (Korean time).

1 minute, 14.38 seconds was her personal best, set in the fifth round of the World Cup last month, and nearly a second behind the Korean record of 1 minute, 13.42 seconds.

This is the first time that Kim Min-seon has ranked in the top 10 in this event at the World Championships. Min-seon Kim participated for the first time in the 1000m event at the 2020 World Championships where she placed 23rd, while last year she placed 11th.

Min-sun Kim, who started on the course outside of group 6, passed her first 200 meters in 17.80 seconds, fifth overall. She then passed the 600 meters in 7th place (44.85 seconds) and she ultimately finished in 8th place.

Min-sun Kim earned her first World Championships medal by winning silver in the women's 500m the day before.

Kim Min-seon, who has completed the schedule for this competition, returns to Korea with the national team on the 20th and prepares for the Sprint World Championships to be held in Insel, Germany next month.

Kim Min-seon said after the race, “She actually thought she would be 4th or 5th in the 1000m, even if it wasn’t a medal,” she said. “She was personally disappointed with the ranking and record,” she said.

He continued, “I focused more on the 500m in this competition. “I am happy that I achieved my goal by doing my best at this World Championships,” he said. “I will return to Korea in about 5 weeks. “She plans to go to Korea and rest for a few days to prepare for the sprint world championships,” he said.

Lee Na-hyeon (Nowon High School), who also participated in the women's 1,000m, finished in 1 minute 15.97 seconds and ranked 17th. Miho Takaki (Japan) won her gold medal with a time of 1 minute, 12.83 seconds.

In the men's 1000m that followed, Cho Sang-hyuk (Sports Toto) ranked 20th with 1 minute 08.38 seconds, and Kim Tae-yoon (Seoul City Hall) ranked 22nd with 1 minute 08.52 seconds. Jordan Stoltz of the United States took first place, achieving a track record of 1 minute 06.05 seconds.

Jeong Jae-won (Uijeongbu City Hall), who was considered a strong medal candidate in the men's mass start, ranked 11th overall (8 minutes 43.09 seconds) in the finals that day. Jeong Jae-won, who was looking for an opportunity until the end of the race, attempted a spurt with one last lap left, but failed to place.

Seunghoon Lee (Alpensia) failed to advance to the finals by only finishing in 12th place (8 minutes 33.97 seconds) in Group 1 of the semifinals. Bart Swings (Belgium, 8 minutes 40 seconds), the gold medalist in this event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, won the gold medal.

In the women's mass start, Park Ji-woo (Gangwon Provincial Office) finished in 11th place (8 minutes 32.14 seconds). The winner was Irene Schouten (Netherlands, 8 minutes 23.71 seconds). 고스톱