Next-generation queen Gilly Kim secures individual ticket for short track competition
Kim Gil-ri (18, Seongnam City Hall), the next-generation short track hopeful, won a ticket to the individual competition for the national team selection event.
Kim Gil-ri was the first to cross the finish line with a record of 2 minutes 25 seconds 327 in the women’s 1500m final of the national men’s and women’s comprehensive championships held at the ice rink in Jincheon National Training Center on the 22nd and the 2023-2024 season national team’s second selection event.
In the first selection match held on the 19th and 20th, Kim Gil-ri, who scored 55 points and took first place, added 34 points to keep the lead with 89 points. Shim Seok-hee (Seoul City Hall), who won the 500m event, came in second with 79 points, and Kim A-rang (Goyang City Hall) finished third with 55 points. 메이저놀이터
In the women’s division, 1st to 3rd place in this selection round will receive priority in the individual and team events at international competitions, and 4th to 5th place in the team event. The 6th to 8th ranks train together in the national team, and if there are vacancies, they go to international competitions. Even if her 4th place Ji-Won Park (Jeonbuk Provincial Office, 53 points) took first place in her final 1000m and won 34 points, Gilly Kim secured at least 3rd place, allowing her to compete in her individual event.
Gilly Kim won the 1000m gold medal at the 2020 Junior World Championships. Gilly Kim, who was first selected for the national team last year, won her seven gold medals, including rising to No. 1 in the 1500m rankings at her World Cup last season. Kim Gil-ri, who joined Seongnam City Hall, where her role model Choi Min-jung belongs, showed off her superior skills in this selection match. As Choi Min-jeong gives up her national team next season, she is expected to take on her ace role.
In the men’s event, Hwang Dae-heon, a gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics, took first place in the 1500m and then took second place in the 500m, jumping to first place in the overall standings. Hwang Dae-heon, who fell twice in the first competition and finished in 8th place (13 points), tied with Kim Kun-woo (Sports Toto) with 68 points, but took first place ahead of the detailed event rankings. Hwang Dae-heon, who took a break from last season’s selection match, has been wearing the Taegeuk mark again for the first time in a year, and the possibility of participating in the individual competition has increased.
In the men’s division, Park Ji-won (Seoul City Hall), who won two gold medals at the world championships, automatically gets the right to participate, and the first and second place will participate in the individual competition, and seven people will wear the Taegeuk mark. Seo Ra-ra (Hwaseong City Hall), who returned from her four-year hiatus, quickly jumped to third place (55 points) in the overall rankings as she took first place in the 500m. Jang Seong-woo (Korea University), Lee Jeong-min (Sports Toto, 42 points above), and Lee Jun-seo (Seongnam City Hall, 37 points) are also unlikely to participate in the individual competition.