‘New Empress of Ice’ Kim Min-seon (24, Uijeongbu City Hall) missed the gold medal in the last event of the International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup this season.
Kim Min-sun won the silver medal with a record of 38 seconds 08 in the Women’s 500m Division A (Part 1) of the 2022-2023 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 6th Competition held at the Rodova Arena in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland on the 18th (Korean time). .
Kim Min-seon, who performed a reverse run in the group 8 in-course that day, sped up by running her first 100m in 10.49 seconds, but Vanessa Herzog (Austria), who competed in group 9, passed the finish line in 37.96 seconds and was pushed back to second place. It is.
Kim Min-seon, who previously won all five gold medals in the 500m in the 1st to 5th competitions, swallowed the regret by not being able to overcome the final hurdle of the ‘Single Season World Cup 500m All Gold Medal’.
However, despite the increased strain on her stamina due to her successive participation in competitions, she won the silver medal and kept her No. 1 ranking (354 points) in the women’s 500m World Cup this season.
Her second in the rankings was Herzog, who won the gold medal on the day, amassing 301 points.
Kim Min-sun, who gained attention for her ‘post-idealization’, showed off her formidable momentum all season long.
She kicked off her ‘golden run’ last year when she won her first World Cup gold medal of her own career in her first event, her women’s 500 m, in November.
It was the first time in about 7 years since Lee Sang-hwa (her retirement) at the 4th event of the 2015-2016 World Cup held in December 2015 that a Korean athlete won the ISU World Cup Women’s 500m.
Even after that, Kim Min-sun has kept 토토사이트the top all the way.
He won gold medals in six consecutive ISU events, including the 1st to 5th World Cups and the Four Continents Championships.
In particular, in the 3rd World Cup on December 10th, he entered the 36th invitation and climbed to the top with a new personal record (36 seconds 972), and in the 4th World Cup held on the 17th of the same month, he won with a personal best record again with 36 seconds 96.