Choi Min-jung, Kim Gil-li and Noh Do-hee reach women’s 1,000 prelim quarterfinals at Milan 2026

By Kang Sang Heon Posted : February 15, 2026, 05:45 Updated : February 15, 2026, 05:45
Choi Min-jung trains at the Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 8 (local time) for the Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo 2026 Winter Olympics short track events. [Photo by Yonhap]
 
South Korea’s three entrants in the women’s 1,000 meters all advanced from the preliminaries in short track speed skating at the Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo 2026 Winter Olympics.

Choi Min-jung (Seongnam City Hall) won Heat 5 on Saturday (Korea time) at the Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy, finishing in 1 minute, 26.925 seconds.

In the preliminaries, the top two finishers in each heat advance, along with four skaters selected by time from among the eight third-place finishers across the eight heats.

Choi posted the fastest time among the 32 skaters who raced Saturday.

Kim Gil-li (Seongnam City Hall) won Heat 8 in 1:29.656 to secure her spot in the quarterfinals.

Kim fell after colliding with Miheller Pelzebur of the Netherlands immediately after the race but got up without a serious injury.

Noh Do-hee (Hwaseong City Hall) placed second in Heat 2 in 1:10.097 to move on.

The women’s 1,000-meter medal races are scheduled for the 16th.



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Kang Sang Heon

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