Kim Min-sun vs. Lee Na-hyun, 'Scary Newcomer', won two gold medals at the Winter Sports Festival... "Two Top" is coming up in Milan

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Kim Min-sun (27, Uijeongbu City Hall) and Lee Na-hyun (21, Korea National Sports University) won two gold medals in the women's speed skating sprint to challenge the 2026 Milan/Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics medal.

Kim Min-sun won the pre-race 1,000m women's speed skating competition at the 107th National Winter Sports Festival held at Taeneung International Skating Center in Seoul on the 13th with a time of 1:19.57.

Kim Min-sun, who won the 500-meter race in 38.61 seconds the previous day, became a two-time winner of the competition.

Lee Na-hyun won the women's 1,000m event with a time of 1:17.13 seconds. Lee Na-hyun, who finished first in the 500m the previous day with a time of 38.16 seconds, also won two gold medals.

The Winter Sports Festival is a prelude to the 2026 Winter Olympics, which will be held in Italy on the 6th of next month. Kim Min-sun and Lee Na-hyun showed off their overwhelming skills in the general and university departments, respectively, raising their condition.

Kim Joon-ho (Gangwon Provincial Government) won the men's short-distance sign in the 500m the previous day, beating Jung Jae-woong (34.96 seconds, Sports Toto).

Jeong Jae-won (Gangwon Provincial Office), who is competing in the men's mass start at the Milan Olympics, ranked first with a time of 6:34:33 in the men's 5,000-meter race.

They will compete in the fifth ISU Speed Skating World Cup from 2025 to 2026 in Humil, Germany, from the 23rd to the 25th. He will then head to Milan, Italy, where the Olympics will be held, without returning home.

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