South Korean star Park soars to more glory at Almaty World Cup, nearly half a second ahead of Belgium's Stijn Desmet
BySportsbeat
Updated 17/12/2022 at 21:42 GMT
The South Korean star won with a time of 2.15.375 before also adding mixed relay victory to his collection. He won with a time of 2.15.375, nearly half a second ahead of Belgium's Stijn Desmet in second. Park's compatriot Hong Kyung-Hwan claimed bronze, just 0.05 secs behind Desmet. The Belgian's sister Hanne also took silver in the women's 1500 metres.
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South Korea's Park Ji-won grabbed more short track glory after winning the men's 1500m at the World Cup in Almaty.
He won with a time of 2.15.375, nearly half a second ahead of Belgium's Stijn Desmet in second.
Park's compatriot Hong Kyung-Hwan claimed bronze, just 0.05 secs behind Desmet.
The Belgian's sister Hanne also got silver, in the women's 1500m, trading places with Canada's Courtney Sarault from last week's event.
South Korea took another bronze in this event, with Shim Suk-hee completing the podium around 10 seconds clear of anyone else.
More success came for South Korea in the mixed team relay, with both Park and Shim helping the team to victory ahead of Belgium in a tight one-two.
Canada got bronze, despite being the second slowest outfit out of the eight finalists in the morning's semi-finals.
The day had started with European domination in the 500m events, with Poland's Diane Sellier claiming gold in the men's and Suzanne Schulting for the Netherlands in the women's.
Sellier got the better of Canada's Steven Dubois and home-favourite Denis Nikisha, finishing second and third respectively, in a tight top-three.
Schulting was a clearer winner, approximately a quarter of a second ahead of Poland's Natalia Maliszewska, with fellow Dutch skater Yara van-Kerkhof finishing third.
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