Short Track Speed Skating: Choi Min-Jeong Is a Gold Medalist in Women’s 1500m

South Korean athlete, Choi Min-jeong became a gold medalist of women’s 1500m race in short track speed skating. She finished in 2 minutes 24.948 seconds.

Choi shared that she dreamt a lot about becoming an Olympic champion: “It’s been the biggest dream of mine for four years. I can’t put it into words. I’m so proud. I feel physically burned out but I’m so happy on the inside, so proud of my whole country”.

Li Jinyu of China finished in 2 minutes 25.703 seconds and won a silver medal. Kim Boutin from Canada, who already won bronze in 500m in PyeongChang, gained a bronze medal after finishing in 2 minutes 25.834 seconds.

The other finalists finished in the following order:

4 Kim A-lang (gold medalist in 3000m relay of 2014 Winter Olympics) (South Korea)

5 Jorien ter Mors (gold medalist of 2018 Olympics in 1000m) (Netherlands)

6 Petra Jaszapati (Hungary)

7 Arianna Fontana (winner of 500m race at 2018 Olympics) (Italy)