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High schooler Rim Jong-un wins Korea's Olympic short track trials

High schooler Rim Jong-un wins Korea's Olympic short track trials, qualifying for 2026 Winter Olympics.

2025-04-13

Korean speed skater Lee Seung-hoon wins silver at ISU championship event, his first such medal in 9 years

Lee captured the silver medal in the men's mass start at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships at Hamar Olympic Hall in Hamar, Norway on Saturday, with a time of 7:56.52.

2025-03-16

Team Korea secure 12 speed skating medals at Asian Winter Games

Team Korea won a medal in every discipline in speed skating at the Asian Winter Games on Tuesday, finishing as the second most successful country with 12 medals in the sport this year, behind host country China with 21.

2025-02-11

Speed skater Cha Min-kyu clinches silver in 1,000-meter event

Cha Min-kyu raced to silver in the men's 1,000-meter speed skating event at the Asian Winter Games in China on Tuesday, grabbing his second medal of the competition.

2025-02-11

Team Korea bring speed skating medal count to eight at Asian Winter Games

Team Korea added a silver and a bronze medal in speed skating at the Asian Winter Games on Monday, bringing the country’s medal count in the sport to eight.

2025-02-10

Korea flies to gold in inaugural Asiad women's team sprint speed skating event

Korean speed skaters Kim Min-ji, Le Na-hyun and Kim Min sun skated to gold in the first-ever team sprint speed skating event at the Asian Games.

2025-02-09

Korea adds four medals as curtain comes down on short track at Asian Games

Korea ended the short track events at the 2025 Asian Games with 13 medals, adding four on Sunday, with star Choi Min-jeong claiming gold in every single race.

2025-02-09

Kim Min-sun secures first Asiad gold in 500m speed skating event

Kim Min-sun of Korea became the new Asian Winter Games champion in the women's 500-meter speed skating event in China on Sunday.

2025-02-09

Jang Sung-woo coasts to men's 1,000m short track gold in Asian Games

Jang Sung-woo captured the gold medal in the men's 1,000-meter short track speed skating event at the Asian Winter Games in China on Sunday for his second gold of the competition.

2025-02-09

Third time's also a charm as Choi Min-jeong nabs Harbin gold in women's 1,000m short track event

Choi Min-jeong captured the gold medal in the women's 1,000-meter short track speed skating event at the Asian Winter Games in China on Sunday for her third gold of the competition.

2025-02-09