[Olympics] Choi Min-jeong Fails to Qualify for 500m Semifinals

Fell Without Collision with Two Wheels Remaining

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Choi Min-jeong (Seongnam City Hall)'s quest for a medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics ended in disappointment once again. On the 7th, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China, she finished 4th in the women's 500m short track heat 3 quarterfinal with a time of 1 minute 4.939 seconds. The semifinal spots go to the top 2 finishers in each heat and the two fastest 3rd-place finishers.

Competing against Zhang Yuting (China), Arianna Fontana (Italy), Sofia Prosvirnova (Russian Olympic Committee), and Hanne Desmet (Belgium), Choi Min-jeong maintained 2nd place until the middle of the race but fell without collision with two laps remaining. She slipped while accelerating on the curve track. As a result, South Korea failed to secure a medal in the women's 500m event. The best results in this event were bronze medals won by Jeon Yi-kyung at the 1998 Nagano Games and Park Seung-hee at the 2014 Sochi Games. Choi Min-jeong had also been eliminated in the heats of the 2000m mixed relay on the 5th.

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