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![Chung Jae-won of Korea competes during the final of the men's mass start speed skating event at the Winter Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on Feb. 21. [KIM JONG-HO]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11994566.jpg?imageId=11994566&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Chung Jae-won of Korea, center, competes in the semifinals of the men's mass start speed skating event at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on Feb. 21. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12404131.jpg?imageId=12404131&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Chung Jae-won after finishing fifth at the men's mass start at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Feb. 21. [KIM JONG-HO]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10530690.jpg?imageId=10530690&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![From left: Silver medalist Chung Jae-won of Korea, gold medalist Bart Hoolwerf of the Netherlands and bronze medalist Andrea Giovannini of Italy pose for a photo after the men's mass start final at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland on Sunday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11798799.jpg?imageId=11798799&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![From left to right: Kim Min-seok, Chung Jae-won, Chung Jae-woong and Jeong Seon-kyo make their way to a disciplinary hearing at the Olympic Velodrome in Songpa, southern Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10046883.jpg?imageId=10046883&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Beijing Olympics men’s mass start silver medalist Chung Jae-won, left, races alongside Kim Min-seok at the National Winter Sports Festival at Taereung International Skating Rink in northern Seoul on Feb. 23. Chung was named MVP at the National Winter Sports Festival on Monday. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11038690.jpg?imageId=11038690&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Beijing Olympics men's mass start silver medalist Chung Jae-won competes during the National Winter Sports Festival at Taereung International Skating Rink in northern Seoul on Wednesday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10620384.jpg?imageId=10620384&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![From front, Chung Jae-won, Park Seong-hyeon and Kim Min-seok race in the men's team pursuit final C on Wednesday at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10636820.jpg?imageId=10636820&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![From front to back, Lee Seung-hoon, Chung Jae-won and Kim Min-seok in action during the men's speed skating team pursuit quarter finals at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing on Sunday. [EPA/YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11679671.jpg?imageId=11679671&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Skaters rush to the finish line in the men's mass start at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Championships in Calgary, Canada on Saturday. [EPA/YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11314728.jpg?imageId=11314728&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)