"Oh my" Hwang Daeheon and Lim Jong Un are out so early... 3rd place in both men's 500m preliminary round → failed to advance to quarter final [the scene of Milan]

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For South Korea, the men's short-track speed skating barrier was high. Hwang Dae-heon (Gangwon Provincial Office) and Lim Jong-eon (Goyang City Hall) were eliminated from the preliminary round.

Hwang Dae-heon clocked 41.191 seconds in the men's 500m short track qualifying group 4 at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics held at the Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy on the 16th (local time) and crossed the finish line in third place after Liu Xiaoang (41.100 seconds in China) and Felix Pigeon (41.179 seconds in Poland).

In the men's 500m, the top two players in each group and the fastest four players among the eight third-place players in the eight groups will reach the quarterfinals.

Hwang Dae-heon failed to advance to the lead from the beginning. He tried to get a chance in third place but failed to catch up in the end.

Hwang Dae-heon failed to advance to the quarterfinals because he failed to finish in the top four of the third place records. Hwang Dae-heon, the silver medalist in this event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, sought a medal for the first time in eight years, but slipped from the preliminary round.

Im Jong-eon, who then raced, was also eliminated in Group 8 with a time of 41.289 seconds and third place in the group. Lim Jong-eon, who was running in third place, tried to overtake him with two laps to go, but Lin Xiaojun (China), who was running in second place, did not give up a gap and eventually came in for the third time. Lin Xiaojun reached the semi-final with 41.242 seconds and second place.

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