China’s Lin Xiaojun (Korean name Lim Hyo-jun) and South Korea’s Lim Jong-eon wait for the start of the men’s 500m short track qualifying round at the Milan Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 16. [Photo by Yonhap]
Lin Xiaojun of China finished the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics without a medal in the men’s individual short track events.
Lin placed fourth in the third quarterfinal heat of the men’s 500 meters at the Milan Ice Skating Arena on Wednesday (Korea time), clocking 40.638 seconds.
Canada’s William Dandjinou (40.330) and Italy’s Pietro Sighel (40.392) advanced in first and second. Canada’s Maxime Laoun (40.454) also moved on as the fastest third-place finisher across the heats.
The result eliminated Lin from the 500, ending his individual schedule. He also failed to get past the quarterfinals in the 1,000 and 1,500.
Lin won one gold and one bronze medal for South Korea at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. After an incident during national team training in June 2019, he was suspended by the Korea Skating Union and later became a naturalized Chinese citizen.
He returned to the Olympics after eight years but did not reach the podium in individual events.
He also came up short in team events. Lin skated only in the quarterfinals of the mixed relay, and China finished fourth in the final. In the men’s 5,000 relay, China reached the semifinals but did not advance to the final.
In the men’s 500 final, Canada’s Steven Dubois won gold in 40.835. The Netherlands’ Meller Vant Wout took silver in 40.912, and Jens Vant Wout won bronze in 41.908.
Lin placed fourth in the third quarterfinal heat of the men’s 500 meters at the Milan Ice Skating Arena on Wednesday (Korea time), clocking 40.638 seconds.
Canada’s William Dandjinou (40.330) and Italy’s Pietro Sighel (40.392) advanced in first and second. Canada’s Maxime Laoun (40.454) also moved on as the fastest third-place finisher across the heats.
The result eliminated Lin from the 500, ending his individual schedule. He also failed to get past the quarterfinals in the 1,000 and 1,500.
Lin won one gold and one bronze medal for South Korea at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. After an incident during national team training in June 2019, he was suspended by the Korea Skating Union and later became a naturalized Chinese citizen.
He returned to the Olympics after eight years but did not reach the podium in individual events.
He also came up short in team events. Lin skated only in the quarterfinals of the mixed relay, and China finished fourth in the final. In the men’s 5,000 relay, China reached the semifinals but did not advance to the final.
In the men’s 500 final, Canada’s Steven Dubois won gold in 40.835. The Netherlands’ Meller Vant Wout took silver in 40.912, and Jens Vant Wout won bronze in 41.908.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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