500m 37.19 seconds It's a pity that I made a mistake at the last minute, my first top 10 even in the 1000m, which is not my main event.
‘New ice queen’ Kim Min-seon (25, Uijeongbu City Hall, photo) won her first individual medal at the World Championships.
Min-seon Kim won her silver medal in the women's 500 meters at the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Championships held in Calgary, Canada on the 17th with a time of 37.19 seconds. This is the first time in seven years that a Korean athlete has won a medal at the speed skating world championships since ‘Ice Queen’ Lee Sang-hwa (35) in 2017. Lee Sang-hwa won three gold, two silver and two bronze medals in her career at the World Championships, and her silver medal she won at the 2017 Gangneung Games was her last.
On this day, Min-seon Kim started in group 11. She cut the early start section to her original goal of 10 seconds and 4 (3rd place), but as she came out of the last corner, she made the mistake of slipping slightly. In the last group of 12, Femke Kok (24, Netherlands) recorded 36.83 seconds, and Kim Min-seon missed the gold medal by 0.36 seconds. Kim Min-sun said, “It’s unfortunate that she made a mistake, but she will use it as a springboard to go further.”
Kim Min-seon's start to this season was not smooth. He failed to adapt to the new boots and finished with no medals in his first two World Cup competitions. In the end, Kim Min-sun changed to her old boots and won medals (3 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze) in all eight remaining World Cups, and even won her first World Championships medal, which she had set as her goal for this season.
Min-seon Kim's ultimate goal, as she is following the path that Lee Sang-hwa took step by step, is to surpass the 500m world record (36.36 seconds) set by Lee Sang-hwa in 2013. Kim Min-seon's best record in the 500m is 36.96 seconds.
Kim Min-seon placed 8th in the 1000m on the 18th with a time of 1 minute 14.38 seconds. Kim Min-seon, who was in the top 10 at the 1000m World Championships for the first time, said, “I expected 4th or 5th place, but I’m disappointed.” 일본야동