Korea ends Short Track World Tour with 2 gold, 2 bronze medals

Korea has ended the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Tour season with two gold medals and two bronze medals at the circuit's final stop in the Netherlands. Kim Gil-li took gold and Choi Min-jeong grabbed bronze in the women's 1,500 meters at the Optisport Sportboulevard in the Dutch city of Dordrecht on Sunday (local time). Kim finished the race in 2:26.306, while Cho ended hers in 2:26.568, as the two Koreans sandwiched Courtney Sarault of Canada (2:26.443). Kim stayed in the back of the pack for most of the race and remained in last place among the four remaining finalists after three skaters got tangled up and crashed into the wall. Kim then made her patented late burst on the inside corner and claimed her second straight 1,500m World Tour gold medal -- following her victory in Poland the previous week. The only other Korean champion on this day came from the men's 1,000m, where Rim Jong-un (1:25.877) held off Liu Shaoang of China (1:26.023) and Pietro Sighel of Italy (1:26.094) Rim started the race in the lead but skated in third place behind Sighel and Liu in the miWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times