Ice Speed Kim Min-seon “I Achieved my 100m Goal… But I Regret my Mistake”
World Championships Women’s 500m Silver Medal “I’m getting closer to what I set as my goal”
Kim Min-seon (24, Uijeongbu City Hall), the ‘Queen of Credibility’ who won the Senior World Championships for the first time in her life, did not hide her satisfaction, saying, “The goals I set are getting closer.”
Min-seon Kim won a silver medal with a time of 37.19 seconds in the women’s 500m at the 2024 International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Championships held at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Canada on the 17th (Korean time) and said, “It was a disappointing result at last year’s world championships.
“I really wanted to win a medal this year,” he said.
“It’s a little disappointing, but I’m happy that I won a silver medal.”
He continued, “I think we can prepare for the Sprint World Championships to be held next month, the Harbin Asian Winter Games to be held next year, and the 2026 Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics as we are now.” 파워볼
Kim Min-seon showed explosive growth in the 2022-2023 season, and she swept the women’s 500m gold medals from the first to the fifth World Cup competitions, but failed to manage her physical strength and was unable to win a medal at the World Championships held in March of last year.
Accordingly, Min-seon Kim reorganized her training program so that she could display her best skills in February and March, when the World Championships and Olympics were held, and she succeeded in placing at this World Championships as planned.
However, there was also some disappointment.
Kim Min-seon was unable to overcome the centrifugal force on the last curve of the race that day and made a big mistake by slightly touching the ice with his left hand.
If this mistake had not occurred, we could have even had a shot at gold.
Regarding this scene, Kim Min-seon said, “I came out in a hurry than I expected and made a mistake I didn’t normally make,” and added, “Fecker Kok (Netherlands, 36.83), who won the gold medal, set a very good record.
I have no choice but to accept the result of the match.”
Regarding the first 100m record, which was the focus of the day, “I thought I would get a good result by passing in 10.40 seconds (which was my goal), but I made a mistake,” he said.
“Still, I am satisfied with achieving the 100m section record that I set while preparing for this competition. “He said.
Kim Min-seon, who finished the 500m main event, will compete in the women’s 1,000m on the 18th feeling relieved.
He pledged, “It’s not a medal spot, but I’ll do my best,” and “I’ll try to get the best rank.”