Korean velocity skaters take part in an open coaching session at Taeneung Worldwide Rink in Seoul, Jan. 8. Yonhap
The nationwide velocity skating workforce can be cut up into two teams within the late phases of their preparation for the Winter Olympics, with some skaters taking part in a world occasion previous to the large competitors and others staying residence to coach.
In line with sources, Kim Min-sun, a medal hopeful within the ladies’s 500 meters, and Kim Jun-ho, the nationwide file holder within the males’s 500m, will compete within the Worldwide Skating Union Velocity Skating World Cup occasion in Inzell, Germany, beginning subsequent Friday. They’re scheduled to depart for Germany on Sunday after which journey to Italy for the Winter Olympics, set to open Feb. 6.
Amongst others, Lee Na-hyun, a rising star within the ladies’s 500m, will keep in Korea to proceed prepping for her Olympic debut. She can be joined by a pair of mass begin medal contenders, Chung Jae-won on the boys’s facet and Park Ji-woo within the ladies’s competitors.
With the Olympic quota spots already distributed after 4 World Cup races, the fifth World Cup of the season in Inzell can be with out among the prime skaters.
Nonetheless, Kim Min-sun and Kim Jun-ho selected to make the journey to get some aggressive races below their belts earlier than the Olympics.
Each are chasing their first Olympic medals, with Kim Min-sun competing in her third Winter Video games and Kim Jun-ho in for his fourth.
Chung and Park are attempting to maintain issues near the vest. The mass begin requires race methods — some skaters might select to preserve power early and kick into a better gear later, whereas others might select to leap out early and attempt to keep in entrance — and it could serve them nicely to not reveal an excessive amount of this near the Olympics.
These coaching at residence will journey to Italy on Jan. 30.
Korea received two silver medals and two bronze medals in velocity skating on the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics — the primary time since 2006 that the nation did not seize a gold within the sport.
