Speed skater Lee Na-hyun finishes 9th in women's 1,000m

Lee Na-hyun of South Korea competes in the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the Winter Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan, Monday. Yonhap

MILAN — South Korean speed skater Lee Na-hyun notched a top-10 finish in her Winter Olympic debut in Milan on Monday.

Lee finished ninth in the women's 1,000 meters at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games with a time of 1:15.76 at Milano Speed Skating Stadium.

Lee became the first South Korean to crack the top 10 in the women's 1,000m.

One other South Korean in the race, Kim Min-sun, finished 18th with 1:16.24.

Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands claimed the gold medal with a new Olympic record time of 1:12.31 — moments after her Dutch teammate, Femke Kok, first set the Olympic record with 1:12.59.

The 2022 champion Miho Takagi of Japan, who had the previous Olympic record of 1:13.19, grabbed the bronze with a time of 1:13.95.

The 500m is the main event for both Kim and Lee. That race is scheduled for Sunday.