Korean short track finishes with 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze individual medals

Kang Min-ji won the silver medal

Kang Min-ji (19), who won the silver medal in the women's 500m short track speed track final at the 2024 Gangwon Youth Winter Olympics held at the Ice Arena in Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do on the afternoon of the 22nd, is celebrating with the Taegeukgi.

Promising short track stars Kang Min-ji (15, Incheon Dongyang Middle School) and Jeong Jae-hee (15, Han River Middle School) won valuable silver and bronze medals in the women's 500m at the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games (hereinafter referred to as Gangwon 2024).

Kang Min-ji crossed the finish line second after Anna Palkovska (44.314, Poland) in the women's 500m short track final held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangwon-do on the 22nd with a record of 44.484.

Jaehee Jeong also won the bronze medal with a time of 45.018 seconds amid a collision with Cornelia Wozniak (Poland) just before the finish line.

The two athletes enjoyed the joy of winning their first medals in this competition.

Short track 500m Kang Min-ji and Jeong Jae-hee win silver and bronze medals

Korea's Jeong Jae-hee (18) and Kang Min-ji (19) are sprinting in the final of the women's 500m short track speed track at the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangwon-do on the 22nd.In this day's competition, Kang Min-ji won the silver medal and Jeong Jae-hee won the bronze medal.

Minji Kang and Jaehee Jeong had a tough race until the end of the race.The start was late and the race continued from the rear.

The winner was decided at the end of the race.With two laps left before the finish line, Hungary's Dora Cicchetti fell, narrowing the race to a competition between two Hungarian athletes and two Korean athletes.

Kang Min-ji and Jeong Jae-hee, who were running in 3rd and 4th place, threw a decisive battle in the last lap.

Min-ji Kang rose to second place by squeezing through the in-course path on the last curve, and Jae-hee Jeong also crossed the finish line for the third time while Buzniak lost his balance.

He failed to win a medal in the men's 500m.

Men's 1,500m gold medalist Joo Jae-hee (17, Hancom High School) fell in the quarterfinals, and Kim Yu-seong (16, Hancom High School) also failed to advance to the semifinals.

Meanwhile, the Korean short track team won one gold medal, one silver medal, and two bronze medals in the individual events of this competition.

Athletes are aiming for additional medals in the mixed relay held on the 24th. 섯다