"Sweeping 1500m medals!"' 金 Kim Ki-li wins 2 gold medals → Choi Min-jeong won 3 consecutive medals, but won the most medals in Olympic history [Milan Olympics]

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Kim Ki-li and Choi Min-jeong (Seongnam City Hall), the new and old empress of the Korean women's short track speed skating team, showed off their prowess in the 1,500m world. Kim Ki-li became the first Korean short track individual gold medalist and achieved a feat of winning two gold medals. Choi Min-jeong failed to lose the 1,500-meter event in a row, but she set a new Olympic medal record (four gold medals, three silver medals, and a total of seven medals) in Korean history.

Kim Ki-li and Choi Min-jeong crossed the finish line in first and second place in the women's 1,500m short track final held at the Milan Ice Skating Arena in Italy on the 21st (Korea time), marking the "one-two finish." Kim Ki-li's time was 2:32.076, and Choi Min-jeong's time was 2:32.450, which was only a difference of 0:374.

The two players were in no hurry until the middle of the game. While looking at the opportunity by maintaining the third to fifth place, Choi Min-jeong first exhausted the ice and accelerated with seven laps to go. Choi Min-jeong shook the flow of the game by instantly rising to second place through her unique powerful out-course overtaking.

Kim Ki-li didn't sit still, either. With five laps to go, Kim Ki-li entered third place with a sharp in-course overtaking, which is his specialty. It was the moment when Korea's two "Empress" were ranked second and third side by side, finishing preheating for a "medal sweep."

The full-fledged reversal drama began with three laps to go. Choi Min-jeong scored a spurt on the out course and Kim Ki-li on the in-course at the same time, quickly securing the first and second place. With the addition of the match leaning toward South Korea, Kim Ki-li with two laps to go secured the lead by beating Choi Min-jeong to the top with explosive acceleration. Choi Min-jeong eventually failed to turn the tables, and Kim Ki-li was the first to cross the finish line. With this, Kim Ki-li was honored with two gold medals, followed by Choi Min-jeong, who clinched the silver medal.

Although Choi Min-jeong did not achieve her third consecutive Olympic victory in the 1,500-meter event, the addition of this silver medal led to a great gold tower (7 medals) in Korean sports history. He has been on the podium seven times in the Olympics. Jin Jong-oh (shooting), Kim Soo-nyeong (archery), and Lee Seung-hoon (speed skating) have exceeded six medals. Kim Ki-li also declared that the era of short-track queen in name and reality has opened, winning the only Korean team gold medal following the first individual gold medal in this competition.

The more impressive scene was the encouragement shown by Kim Ki-li and Choi Min-jeong. After the game, the two warmly hugged each other and encouraged each other, and together, they walked around the ice with Taegeukgi around their bodies and greeted their fans with a bright smile.

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