Olympic champion Choi Min-jeong wins 2 silver medals at Short Track World Tour

Three-time Olympic champion Choi Min-jeong grabbed two silver medals at the latest stop on the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Tour in Canada. Choi finished second to Courtney Sarault of Canada in the women's 1,000-meter final at Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal on Saturday (local time), with a time of 1:28.165. The Canadian skater finished first in 1:27.896. Choi moved out from the back of the pack and positioned herself in second place behind Sarault with five laps remaining, but couldn't quite catch the Canadian at the line. Sarault also beat Choi with the skaters anchoring their respective teams in the women's 3,000m relay, as Canada (4:07.341) took gold over South Korea (4:07.517). A fall by a Dutch skater with eight laps remaining turned this into a two-team battle between Canada and South Korea for the gold. Kim Gil-li pushed South Korea to first place with six laps remaining and Shim Suk-hee kept the team in front. However, Choi allowed Sarault to pass her with two laps left and couldn't regain her lead down the stretch. South Korea was shut out of medals in thWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times