The South Korean short track speed skating team failed to win a medal on the second day of the World Championships, which selected the best athlete in the 2024-2025 season. On the 15th, South Korea's first brother Park Ji-won finished fourth in the men's 1500m final of the 2025 International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track Speed Skating World Championships held at the Capital Gymnasium in Beijing with a time of 2:15.922.

Park Ji-won

Canada's Tanginu won gold in 2:15.064, while Desmet (2:15.176, Belgium) and Liu Shaoang (2:15.871, China) won silver and bronze respectively. South Korea's Jang Sung-woo and Kim Keon-woo were eliminated in the semi-finals.

Park Ji-won finished third in the second group of the quarterfinals of the men's 500m race and failed to reach the semi-finals. In the women's 1000m final, Cui Minjing crossed the finish line in fifth place with a time of 1:29.165, missing out on medals Hannardez Shuai (1:28.641, Belgium), Courtney Salo (1:28.929, Canada) and Sandra Fezebble (1:28.991, Netherlands) rounding out the top three in the event.

Kim Jili

Kim Jili, who played together, failed to make it to the final of the event. She entered the semi-finals with a score in the first group of the quarter-finals, but was in the same group as Choi Min-jeong in the semi-finals, and as a result, Choi Min-jung was in first place, and Kim Ji-ri was in third place and missed the final.

South Korea's women's 3,000m relay team finished third in the semi-finals and failed to reach the final. The Korean team will challenge for medals in the men's 1,000m, women's 500m, 1,500m, men's 5,000m relay, and mixed 2,000m relay finals on the 16th.

After the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games, Choi Minjing and Kim Jiri returned to China via Incheon International Airport on February 10 and were taking a group photo after receiving the bouquet

According to the rules of the Korea Skating Association, one male and one woman who has won one or more individual gold medals in this World Championships and has the best overall score in the team will be automatically awarded the national representative qualification for the 2025-2026 season, and the Korean short track speed skating team led by Park Ji-won, Choi Min-jeong, Kim Ji-ri and other famous players will give it a go on the last day of this World Championships. "The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held next season, so this World Championships is tantamount to the first round of trials for South Korean athletes," South Korean media said. It is expected that the national team players will compete fiercely not only with foreign players, but also with domestic players. ”