Choi Minjeong, Kim Gilli, and Noh Dohee comfortably advanced through the women's 1000m short track preliminary round at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Choi Minjeong won heat 5 of the women's 1000m short track preliminary at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics held at the Milan Ice Skating Arena in Italy on the 15th, qualifying for the quarterfinals.
On the 15th, Choi Minjeong is checking her time after finishing the race in heat 5 of the women's 1000m short-track preliminary at the Milan Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy, at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. [Photo by Yonhap News]
After sitting in third place in the early stages, Choi moved up to second by cutting inside with six laps to go, then attacked the inside again with five laps remaining to take the lead. She held her position to the end and was the first to cross the finish line in 1 minute 26.925 seconds. Her preliminary time ranked first overall.
Noh Dohee finished second in heat 2 behind Hanne Desmet of Belgium, clocking 1 minute 30.097 seconds. Noh maintained third place before moving up to second with six laps to go and held that position to the finish.
Kim Gilli took first place in the final heat, heat 8. Starting from lane 1, she initially settled into second place, then moved into the lead with seven laps remaining and kept her position to the end, finishing in 1 minute 29.656 seconds.
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