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Park Ji-won storms to Asiad gold in men's 1,500m short track event

Published: 08 Feb. 2025, 13:43

Park Ji-won sprints in the men's 1,500m short track final at the Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, on Feb. 8. [NEWS1]

Park Ji-won seized the gold medal in the men's 1,500-meter short track speed skating race at the Asian Winter Games in China on Saturday for his second gold of the competition.

Park finished just ahead of Korean-born Chinese skater Lin Xiaojun for the gold at the Heilongjiang Ice Events Training Center Multifunctional Hall in Harbin, China. Another Korean, Jang Sung-woo, took the bronze medal while the third Korean in the final, Kim Gun-woo, finished fourth.

Park won the mixed 2,000m relay gold medal earlier Saturday.

The three Koreans went up against three Chinese skaters — Lin, Liu Shaoang and Sun Long.

After some early back-and-forth between the two groups, it was Park, Jang and Sun out in front with eight laps left in the 13 1/2-lap final. Sun and Liu both moved past Jang to position themselves right behind Park as the skaters began to pick up speed with five laps remaining.

But with 3 1/2-lap remaining, Sun made contact with Park with his forearm and got pushed off the pack, leaving Park, Liu and Jang in the medal positions.

Lin then made a late push into the top three, but ended up getting sandwiched by the two Koreans in the end.

Yonhap