From April 8 to 10, the Short Track Speed Skating World Championships will be held in Montreal, Canada. South Korea's two female short track players, Choe Min-jin and Shin Seo-hee, who have a serious rift, have entered the World Championships roster of the South Korean team together, and in addition to participating in individual events, they may also participate in relay competitions together. However, because there have been too many unpleasant troubles between the two, many people are worried that they can participate in the relay race together?
Starting at 22:00 tonight, the first day of the Short Track Speed Skating World Championships will be held. The South Korean women's team is composed of Choi Min-jing, Shen Xixi, Kim Ya-lang, Seo Hye-min and Park Ji-yin, and 21-year-old Lee You-bin did not participate in the World Championships due to poor physical condition. This is also shen Xixi's first participation after the expiration of her ban, after she was banned for two months for denigrating Cui Minjing and missing the Winter Olympics.
With Dutch star Schulting dropping out of the competition after testing positive for COVID-19, Cui Minjing is considered the biggest favourite to win the all-around title at this World Championship, after she had won three times before. Cui Minjing's conflict with teammate Shen Xixi has a long history. Shin Seo-hee, who sent a message of "insult and belittling" to Choi Min-jing and Kim Ya-lang at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, was suspended for two months by the Korea Ice Sports League in December last year.
Choi Min-jing believes that The presence of Shin Seok-hee will make her uneasy, and the Korea Ice League separates Shin Seok-hee from the national team from the perspective of protecting players. Shen Xixi did not participate in the Winter Olympics due to his ban, and Choi MinJing successfully defended the title of 1500 meters and won two silver medals in the 1000 meters and 3000 meters relays.
On February 21, Shen Xixi lifted the ban and returned. On March 2, Shen Xixi returned to the national team and entered the players' village. At that time, although Shen Xixi apologized to Cui Minjing, Cui Minjing's reaction was to forbid approaching. The two trained on the same field, at a station, and were described as uncomfortable presence. However, relevant people from the Korean Ice Federation said that the five female players selected were trained together.
Although they train together, can they participate in the 3000-meter relay together with the relationship between Choi Min-jin and Shen Xixi? Four of the five players of the Korean women's team will participate in the relay competition, and the two players may enter the semi-final or final at the same time, and of course, they may also exchange to participate in the competition. One person participates in the semi-finals, one only participates in the final, and the two will not stand on the ice at the same time. If the two are exchanging games, it also shows that the relationship between the two has not eased.
Relevant people in the Korea Ice Federation said that who will play in the relay match will be determined before the game according to the judgment of the coaching staff.
The South Korean men's team consists of Koo Un-ki, Lee Joon-so, Kim Dong-wook, Park Jae-wook, and Han Seung-so, except for Lee Joon-so, who is 22 years old, the rest are veterans. Winter Olympic champion Hwang Dae-hyun, 24, and Park, 25, were absent because they tested positive for COVID-19.
Short Track World Championships Schedule (Beijing time):
April 8
22:05 Men's 1500m 1/4 Final
22:57 Women's 1500m 1/4 Final
23:44 Men's 500m Preliminary Round
0:30 women's 500m preliminaries the next day
0:51 Men's 500m Preliminary Round
2:03 Men's 1000m Preliminary Round
2:58 Women's 1000m Preliminary Round
3:26 Men's 1000m Preliminary Round
April 9
22:10 Women's 1500m Rankings
22:20 Men's 1500m Rankings
22:55 Women's 500m Rankings
23:04 Preliminary Round of Men's 500m Rankings
23:20 Men's 500m Ranking Preliminaries
The next day 1:32 women's 1500m semifinals
1:49 Men's 1500m semifinals
2:21 Women's 1500m Final
2:36 Men's 1500m Final
3:06 Women's 500m 1/4 Final
3:21 Men's 500m 1/4 Final
3:50 Women's 500m Semifinals
3:58 Men's 500m Semifinals
4:21 Women's 500m Final
4:31 Men's 500m Final
4:57 Women's 3000m Relay Semifinals
5:12 Men's 5000m Relay Semifinals
April 10
22:25 Women's 1000 Ranking Match
22:37 Preliminary Round of Men's 1000m Rankings
22:57 Men's 1000m Rankings
23:20 Women's 3000m Relay Group B Final
23:27 Men's 5000m Relay Group B Final
1:32 women's 1000m 1/4 final
1:49 Men's 1000m 1/4 Final
2:21 Women's 1000m semifinals
2:30 Men's 1000m Semifinals
2:54 Women's 1000m Final
3:06 Men's 1000m Final
3:31 Women's 3000m Super
3:41 Men's 3000m Super race
4:05 Women's 3000m Relay Group A Final
4:15 Men's 5000m Relay Group A Final