Teen short tracker claims 2nd title at ISU World Tour

Teenager Rim Jong-un has finished his first International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Tour competition by anchoring Korea to the men's relay title in Canada. Rim teamed up with Hwang Dae-heon, Lee June-seo and Shin Dong-min for the men's 5,000-meter relay gold medal at the season's first World Tour stop at Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal on Sunday (local time). The quartet clocked 6:50.781, with China finishing in second place in 6:51.160. This was the second gold medal of this event for Rim, who had earlier won the men's 1,500m title in his World Tour debut Saturday. The 17-year-old won the national team trials in April this year. Also on Sunday, Rim won silver in the men's 1,000m behind Pietro Sighel of Italy. Rim also competed in the mixed 2,000m relay, alongside Choi Min-jeong, Kim Gil-li and Lee Jeong-min, but the Korean team was disqualified after crossing the line in second place in the final. In other races of the day, Kim Gil-li finished second in the women's 1,500m for her second silver medal of the competition. She had won silver in the 1,000m on Saturday. This was tWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times