Kim Min-seon (23, Uijeongbu City Hall) won the championship in the 500m speed skating event. It is a feat of winning the last five competitions in a row.
Kim Min-sun won the gold medal in the women’s 500m Division A (first division) at the 2022-23 International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup 4th Competition held in Calgary, Canada on the 17th (Korean time).
Kim Min-sun was the first to cross the finish line among 20 runners who competed that day, recording a time of 36.96 seconds.
She also rose to the top of her world, beating her personal record (36 seconds, 972) in one week, which she had set in the same place the previous 10 days.
She was the only Kim Min-sun to set her record of 36 invitations. Miho Takagi (37.26 seconds), who won the silver medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics last year, came second, and Erin Jackson (37.35 seconds) of the United States, who won the gold medal, was third. Kim Min-seon beat the Olympic medalists and was thrilled with her victory. 메이저놀이터
Kim Min-seon made a splendid feat of winning her fourth consecutive World Cup title this season. She is winning 5 tournaments in a row if she includes up to the 4 Continents Championships.
Kim Min-seon also took a step closer to her world record (36 seconds 36, 2013) held by the “original Ice Queen” Lee Sang-hwa (retired).
She also added 60 World Cup points, and Kim Min-seon, who scored a total of 240 points, further widened the gap with world number 2 Utah Leirdam (Netherlands, 190 points) and maintained first place.