Olympic short track champ Choi Min-jeong adds gold, silver at World Tour

Korean Olympic short track champion Choi Min-jeong has picked up a gold medal and a silver medal on the final day of the latest International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Tour event in Canada. Choi, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, won the women's 1,500-meter title at Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal on Sunday (local time) with a time of 2:17.399. Choi beat Corinne Stoddard of the United States (2:17.516) for the only individual gold for Korea at the competition. Choi had won silver in the women's 1,000m on Saturday. On the men's side, William Dandjinou of Canada swept the men's individual races — 500m, 1,000m and 1,500m — while also leading the home country to the 5,000m relay gold. The only Korean men's medal came in the form of Hwang Dae-heon's bronze medal in the 1,000m on Sunday. Also on Sunday, Choi helped Korea to silver in the mixed 2,000m relay. The team of Choi, Hwang, Kim Gil-li and Rim Jong-un finished the final in 2:38.004, with Canada taking the gold in 2:37.599. No Korean reached the final in the women's 500m on Sunday. Quota places for the nine short trackWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times