"Even Choi Min Jeong, whom I trusted...' Women's 500m short track failed to make it to the final... Kim Ki-li is also eliminated. The Korea of "Abolition of South Korea" [the scene of Milan]

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Choi Min-jeong (Seongnam City Hall), a female short track speed skater, also failed to advance to the final round of the women's 500m.

Choi Min-jeong crossed the finish line with a time of 43.060 seconds and fifth place in the women's 500m semi-finals at the '2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics' held at the Milan Ice Skating Arena on the 12th (local time).

Choi raced with Courtney Saro, Kim Boutin, Florence Brunel (Canada) and Pankusin (China). At the beginning of the race, Choi Min-jeong hit and maintained the lead.

However, two Canadian players chased Choi Min-jeong scary, overtaking her, and quickly became third place. Choi Min-jeong then showed weak performance in spurt and fell to the bottom.

No. 1 is Saro and No. 2 is Kimboutin. Choi Min-jeong was relegated to the Final B (ranking match).

Earlier, Kim Ki-li (Seongnam City Hall) and Lee So-yeon (Sports Toto) were also eliminated from the semi-final.

Although Korea is a powerhouse in short track speed skating, women's 500m is not showing much strength. Only two bronze medals have been won in women's 500m medals at previous Olympics. Lee Jeon-kyung won the bronze medal at the 1998 Nagano Games and Park Seung-hee at the 2014 Sochi Games, respectively.

Choi Min-jeong, the "Olympic Queen" who won three gold medals and two silver medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang and 2022 Beijing competitions, also won a medal in the 500m, raising expectations on whether she will solve the long-cherished dream of Korean short track, but the women's 500m ended up with "no medal."

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