Short Track Park Ji-won and Kim Gil-li Share Another Gold Medal... Looks Like the Overall Winner

Park Ji-won and Kim Gil -li maintained first place in the gold medal men's and women's overall rankings from the first to the second race of the 5th World Cup men's and women's 1,000m ... Challenge for overall victory in the 6th World Cup

Short track men's and women's national teams, Park Ji-won (Seoul City Hall) and Kim Gil-li (Seongnam City Hall), swept the first and second races of the men's and women's 1,000 m at the 5th World Cup, moving closer to winning the overall World Cup title. 바카라사이트

Ji-won Park won the gold medal with a time of 1 minute 25.130 seconds in the final of the men's 1,000m second race of the 5th competition of the 2023-2024 International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Cup held in Dresden, Germany on the 12th (Korean time), and Gil-li Kim won the gold medal with a time of 1 minute 25.130 seconds.

She also won the gold medal in the final of the second women's 1,000m race with a time of 1 minute 31.480 seconds.

The two players maintained first place in the men's and women's overall rankings, which are ranked by combining the performances of all individual events this season.

Ji-won Park had a total score of 931 points, widening the gap with second place Stephen Dubois (Canada, 822 points) by 109 points.

Gilly Kim scored 1,115 points, beating second place Christine Santos-Griswold (USA, 980 points) by 135 points.

The two players are expected to easily win the overall championship if they do not make any major mistakes in the 6th World Cup, which will be held in Gdansk, Poland from the 17th to the 19th of this month.

Since last season, the ISU has awarded a trophy called the 'Crystal Glove' to the male and female winners by adding up the scores of all individual events in the 1st to 6th World Cup competitions.

Park Ji-won became the first champion of the men's division and will challenge for his second consecutive victory this season.

Kim Gil-li, who was fourth last season, aims to become the first Korean female player to win the overall title.

On this day, Park Ji-won easily won the gold medal in the final of the second men's 1,000m race.

He competed with Canadian phenom William Danzinu, Netherlands' Dan Kos, Kazakhstan's Adil Galiakhmetov, and national teammate Jang Seong-woo (Korea University).

Park Ji-won started the race from the rear as usual and stored up her stamina.

The game unfolded easier than expected.

Medal candidates Dan Danko and Dankos collided while fighting for first place with six laps left before the finish line, and at this time, Dankos fell and was eliminated from the competition.

Jang Seong-woo rose to first place, and Park Ji-won continued to race behind him.

The race swirled again with three laps left before the finish line.

He slipped and fell all the way to Danjinu.

Ji-won Park continued the race leisurely as his two competitors disappeared, and on the last lap, he dug into the in-course and passed leader Seong-woo Jang before easily crossing the finish line.

Jang Seong-woo, who crossed the finish line with a time of 1 minute 25.317 seconds, won the silver medal.

The bronze medal went to Galyakhmetov.

Park Ji-won also won the gold medal in the men's 5,000m relay final held on this day, becoming the third gold medalist in the competition.

He competed with Jang Seong-woo, Kim Geon-woo (Sports Toto), and Kim Tae-seong (Dankook University), and beat 2nd place Japan (6:46.174) and 3rd place Hungary (6:48.230) with a score of 6:45.889.

Park Ji-won said through the Korea Skating Federation, "I had a lot of difficulties at the beginning of the season, and I tried to overcome them.

I think it was good luck that many people thought of me.

I will keep this atmosphere and run until the end without letting down my guard until the next game." He said.

Gilly Kim, who participated in the final of the second women's 1,000m race, dramatically won the gold medal.

He conserved his stamina in 4th to 5th place at the beginning of the race, and looked for opportunities at the back even with two laps left before the finish line.

The players ahead began to engage in fierce competition.

And with one and a half laps to go before the finish line, Santos-Griswold fell and left the race.

Kim Gil-li did not miss this opportunity.

While the race became chaotic, he quickly took first place with his explosive speed.

The skill of digging into the in-course curves was dazzling.

He was the first to cross the finish line by successfully blocking the overtake of Schizzaner Swilling (Netherlands) on the last curve.

Swielting was satisfied with the silver medal with a time of 1 minute 31.593 seconds, and the bronze medal went to Currin Stoddard of the United States.

Kim Gil-li said, “Thanks to the support of the people and the support of the seniors and juniors of the national team, we achieved good results,” and pledged, “I will show an even better performance in the remaining competitions.”

The Korean short track team did not win a medal in any other event held on the same day.

In Korea's women's 3,000m relay final, the last runner, Kim Gil-li, was running in second place just before the finish line, but collided with America's Santos-Griswold, who was trying to overtake her, and fell. 파워볼사이트

The judges did not penalize the United States, and Korea was the last to cross the finish line and finished the race in 4th place.

Korean athletes who participated in the men's and women's 500m also failed to win medals.