Veteran short tracker to take 4th crack at tying Korean Olympic medals record

Korea's Choi Min-jeong skates during the women's 1,000-meter short track speed skating final at the Winter Olympics in the Milano Ice Skating Arena, Feb. 16. Yonhap

MILAN — Short track speed skater Choi Min-jeong will take her fourth crack at winning her record-tying sixth career Olympic medal Wednesday.

Choi will skate alongside three teammates in the 3,000-meter relay final at the Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Wednesday. South Korea will be up against Canada, Italy and the Netherlands in the final, scheduled to start at 9 p.m. (local time).

With five medals over the two previous Olympic Games, Choi sits a medal away from tying the mark for the most Olympic medals by a South Korean athlete, winter or summer.

Earlier in Milan, she had failed to add to her medal tally in the mixed team relay, women's 500m and women's 1,000m.

Also on Wednesday, the women's curling tournament will see South Korea face Sweden at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, 260 kilometers northeast of Milan.