Velocity skater Kim Jun-ho has damaged the Korean nationwide report within the males’s 500 meters.
Kim received the bronze medal within the males’s 500m on the first Worldwide Skating Union (ISU) Velocity Skating World Cup of the season at Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, on Sunday (native time), with a time of 33.78 seconds.
Cha Min-kyu had the earlier Korean report with 34.03 seconds, set on the ISU Velocity Skating World Cup Closing in March 2019.
Jenning De Boo of the Netherlands grabbed the gold in 33.63 seconds, and Yevgeniy Koshkin of Kazakhstan, who skated alongside Kim, took silver in 33.67 seconds.
Kim, the reigning Asian Winter Video games bronze medalist within the 500m had the second-fastest cut up within the opening 100m with 9.49 seconds and got here house in 24.20 seconds. Kim caught an edge and fell proper after crossing the end line, and barely averted crashing into Koshkin.
One other Korean skater, Lee Na-hyun, received the bronze medal within the ladies’s 500m on Sunday with a personal-best time of 37.03 seconds. It was Lee’s first World Cup particular person medal.
Femke Kok of the Netherlands set the world report with 36.09 seconds for the gold, breaking a 12-year-old mark held by two-time Olympic champion from Korea, Lee Sang-hwa.
