Choi Min-jeong wins women's 1,000m short track gold at Winter Asiad
Choi Min-jeong celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 1,000-meter short track speed skating event at the Asian Winter Games at Heilongjiang Ice Events Training Center Multifunctional Hall in Harbin, China, Feb. 9. Yonhap
Choi Min-jeong captured the gold medal in the women's 1,000-meter short track speed skating event at the Asian Winter Games in China on Sunday for her third gold medal of the competition.
Choi held off fellow Korean Kim Gil-li for the 1,000m title at Heilongjiang Ice Events Training Center Multifunctional Hall in Harbin. A third Korean in the final, Shim Suk-hee, finished in fourth place, with Zhang Chutong of China taking the bronze.
This is the second and final day of short track races in Harbin. On Saturday, Korea captured four out of five gold medals at stake, with Choi helping the team to the mixed 2,000m relay gold and then capturing the 500m title.
Choi is the first Korean athlete with three gold medals in Harbin.
For her career, Choi has now won a gold in every short track race — 500m, 1,000m, 1,500m, 3,000m relay and mixed 2,000m relay.
Choi grabbed the lead from the start of the nine-lap race, with Shim, Zhang and Kim jostling for position.
Kim moved out in front two laps later, while Zhang also tried to squeeze herself into the mix.
But with five laps remaining, Choi passed Kim for the lead that she never relinquished. Zhang was briefly in the silver medal position before Kim skated past her with three laps to go and stayed there for the silver. (Yonhap)