Short track Park Ji-won, 1st place in the 2nd qualifying round, 1,500m Hwang Dae-heon commits another foul

Choi Min-jeong takes first place in the women's 500m a dramatic comeback victory

Park Ji-won maintains first place overall. One event left to select national team

Park Ji-won cheers, Hwang Dae-heon looks disappointed

Short track ace Park Ji-won (Seoul City Hall) has come close to earning the Taegeuk mark for the next season with clean play.

On the other hand, Hwang Dae-heon (Gangwon Provincial Office), who had been criticized for a series of fouls this season, was disqualified again for a foul and was in mixed feelings.

Park Ji-won won with a score of 2 minutes 15.759 seconds in the men's 1,500m final of the 2024-2025 season short track national team 2nd selection held at the Mokdong Ice Rink in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul on the 11th, beating Jang Seong-woo (Korea University, 2 minutes 15.814 seconds) and Kim Geon-woo (Sports Toto). (2 minutes 15.819 seconds) and took first place.

Park Ji-won, who was looking for an opportunity from behind at the beginning of the race, escaped to the outcourse mid-race and quickly rose to first place. Afterwards, she increased her speed and shook off the pursuit of her rivals.

Hwang Dae-heon, who competed together, showed physical problems and finished in 5th place.

Park Ji-won performed somewhat disappointingly in the men's 500m. He finished in last place in Group 4 of the second preliminary round and failed to earn ranking points.

However, Ji-won Park maintained sole leadership position with a total score of 89 points, including 55 ranking points received in the first national team selection and 34 points earned by winning the men's 1,500m in the second selection.

If he achieves good results in the men's 1,000m held at the same location on the 12th, he will be able to qualify for the national team next season and participate in individual competitions at international competitions.

Hwang Dae-heon, who committed a series of fouls against Park Ji-won this season, also received a penalty on this day.

Dae-heon Hwang had a serious fight with Tae-seong Kim (Seoul City Hall) at the beginning of the men's 500m final race, and Tae-seong Kim stumbled and was pushed out of the competition.

With two laps left before the finish line, Hwang Dae-heon played unreasonably again.

I made contact while delving into the in-course to beat No. 1 Park Jang-hyuk (Sports Toto).

Park Jang-hyuk was pushed out, and Hwang Dae-heon crossed the finish line second overall but was disqualified.

An official from the Korea Skating Federation said, "The referee awarded a penalty to Hwang Dae-heon due to the collision scene with Park Jang-hyuk."

The International Skating Union (ISU) penalty code received by Daeheon Hwang is S8.

When entering a curved track from a straight track, if the athlete cutting in from behind does not give enough space to the athlete on the outside, he or she will be punished.

In short track, where there is a high risk of collision, penalty codes are established for each situation that may cause injury, and in particular, regulations determine which athlete has priority for seats when overtaking.

First place went to Jang Seong-woo (41.050 seconds), who crossed the finish line first. Park Jang-hyuk (41.353 seconds) took second place, and Han Seung-su (Sports Toto, 41.381 seconds) took third place.

In the women's 1,500m final held on the same day, Noh Do-hee (Hwaseong City Hall) took first place with a time of 2 minutes 24.329 seconds.

Kim Hye-bin (Hwaseong City Hall) and Park Ji-yoon (Seoul City Hall) took second and third places. Shim Seok-hee (Seoul City Hall) was pushed to 4th place, and Choi Min-jeong (Seongnam City Hall) was pushed to 5th place.

In the women's 500m, Choi Min-jeong dramatically overtook leader Shim Seok-hee at the end of the race and took first place with a time of 43.151 seconds.

Shim Seok-hee (43.387 seconds) took second place, and Noh Do-hee (43.457 seconds) took third place.

The national short track team for the next season will determine the final ranking by adding up the ranking points from the first and second qualifying rounds.

In the men's division, the top eight players will join the national team, and among them, the top three players will receive priority qualification for individual competition in the next season's international competition.

In the women's division, Kim Gil-li (Seongnam City Hall), a gold medalist at the World Championships, was selected as the national team member for the next season, and up to 7th place in this competition will receive the Taegeuk symbol.

In addition, the top two players will be given priority qualification to participate in the individual competition at international competitions. 섯다