Recently, the 2024-2025 Korean short track speed skating national election has attracted a lot of attention from the outside world. Previously, Lin Xiaojun, Qu Chunyu and Liu Guanyi of the Chinese short track speed skating team rushed to the scene to watch the game. After two rounds of fierce battles, the men's and women's standings of this competition were also announced, which sparked heated discussions. On the men's side, Park Ji-won, who was "miserable" by his teammates at the World Championships in Rotterdam, came from behind and ranked first with 89 points, followed by Jang Sung-woo with 76 points, and Kim Jian-woo, who is loved by Chinese netizens, ranked third with 68 points. Olympic champion Huang Daxian only scored 13 points and basically missed the 2025 Asian Winter Games individual competition.
In recent Winter Olympics cycles, the competition between China and South Korea in short track speed skating has always been a major attraction. At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the Chinese short track speed skating women's team represented by Wang Meng and Zhou Yang defeated the South Korean team in the 500m, 1000m, 1500m and 3000m relay events, achieving all the gold medals. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the South Korean team at home brought a lot of pressure to the Chinese team in the men's and women's individual events and relay events.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team won the gold medals in the men's 1000m and mixed relay, and the South Korean team created a famous scene of "infighting" for the world audience in the women's event. Entering the Milan cycle, the competition between the Chinese team and the South Korean team continues. At the recently concluded Rotterdam Short Track Speed Skating World Championships in the Netherlands, the Chinese team composed of Lin Xiaojun, Sun Long, Liu Shaolin, Liu Shaoang, Fan Kexin, Wang Ye, etc., won the gold medals in the men's 500m, men's 1500m, men's and women's 2000m mixed relay and men's 5000m relay, ranking first in the gold medal list, and the South Korean team only won the women's 1500m gold medal.
After the World Championships, the main players of the Chinese team ushered in a vacation period, and the South Korean short track speed skating team conducted a "national selection" to select talents for next season's Asian Winter Games and World Championships. It is worth mentioning that many Chinese players, including Lin Xiaojun and Liu Shaoang, are also paying attention to this competition. After two rounds of competition, the ranking of men and women in the Korean national election has become the focus of attention from the outside world. In the women's event, the famous Shen Xixi scored 100 points and ranked first. Returning Olympic champion Choi Min-jung is second with 91 points, followed by Roh Do-hee and Lee Hsi-soft in third and fourth, respectively.
On the men's side, Park Ji-won, who was ridiculed by Chinese netizens as "Park Baigan", ranked first with 89 points. At the 2024 World Championships in Rotterdam, Park Ji-won was interfered with by his teammate Hwang Dae-heon in the men's 1000m and 1500m races, and unfortunately missed the gold medal. In this South Korean national election, Park Ji-won withstood the pressure and qualified for the Asian Winter Games as he wished. Huang Daxian has only scored 13 points so far, ranking out of the top six, and has basically missed the individual event of the Asian Winter Games. Surprisingly, many Korean netizens said that Hwang Dae-heon's exit was a good thing for Park Ji-won.
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