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[TV서울=변윤수 기자] Park Ji-won (Seoul City Hall), who is No. 1 in the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Cup rankings this season, posted a smooth start in the 6th World Cup.
On the first day of the 6th ISU Short Track World Cup 2022-2023 held in Dordrecht, the Netherlands on the 10th (local time), Park Ji-won the quarter-finals of the men’s 1,500m and 1,000m in the men’s second race. qualify as first place in the group.
In group 8 of the 1,500m quarter-finals, she crossed the finish line first with a record of 2:17:660, and in the heats and heats of the 1,000m second, she was the fastest in the group with times from 1:25:294 and 1:26:135, respectively.
Park Ji-won leads with 868 points in the men’s overall standings for this season’s World Cup.
The World Cup positions are determined based on individual performances in the 1st to 6th competitions, and the difference in points between second place Hong Gyeong-hwan (Goyang City Hall, 634 points) and Park Ji-won has already expanded significantly, and Park Ji-won has more or less confirmed the first place.
Park Ji-won, who won three gold medals in the men’s 1,500m, men’s 5,000m relay, and 2,000m medley relay in the first competition, has won gold medals at every World Cup since.
He won the men’s 1,000m and 1,500m second in the previous 5th event held in Dresden, Germany.
Continuing the momentum, Park Ji-win is aiming for multiple crowns in this tournament as well.
Along with him, Hong Kyung-hwan and Lee Dong-hyeon (Uijeongbu Kwangdong High School) also made it to the men’s 1,500m quarter-finals and 1,000m qualifying rounds in the second race.
Kim Tae-seong (Dankook University) and Lim Yong-jin (Goyang City Hall) advanced to the next round of the men’s first 500m and 1,000m races.
Choi Min-jeong (Seongnam City Hall), the “ace” of the women’s national team, did not participate in this tournament.
According to the Korean Ice Skating Federation, Choi Min-jeong returned home early after finishing the 5th competition due to physical condition problems.
With Choi Min-jeong missing, Gil-ri Kim (Seo Hyeon High School), Shim Suk-hee (Seoul City Hall), and Kim Kun-hee (Dankook University) advanced to the women’s 1,500m semifinals.
Shim Suk-hee won the quarter-final by finishing first in her group in the women’s 500m heats.
Gilly Kim and Gunhee Kim passed the women’s 1,000m qualifying round, while Lee So-yeon (Sports Toto) and Seo Hwi-min (Korea University) passed the qualifying rounds of the women’s 500m and 1,000m first race.
Meanwhile, Korea managed to reach the men’s 5,000m relay and the women’s 3,000m relay semi-finals without difficulty. In the 2,000m medley relay, Kim Gil-ri, Lee Dong-hyun, Park Ji-won, and Seo Hui -min competing, they came 3rd in 3 groups (2:41:400) in the quarter final, failed to progress to the semi final.
