DRESDEN, Germany — Choi Min-jeong and Sin Da-woon won 1,500-metre races as South Korea dominated a short track speedskating World Cup on Saturday.
Choi won the women’s race in two minutes 29.791 seconds, ahead of compatriot Noh Do-hee and Agne Sereikaite of Lithuania, to extend her lead in the standings at the distance with her fourth win of the season.
Sin led a Korean one-two in the men’s race, winning in 2:24.431 ahead of Park Se-yeong and China’s Dequan Chen. Sin also extended his lead with his fourth win.
Kim Alang won the women’s 1,000 ahead of Fan Kexin for another Korean one-two. Marianne St-Gelais of Roberval, Que., was third.
"I was going for gold and it’s too bad that it didn’t work out, because I had the legs to win," said St-Gelais. "Things were going well in the final and, towards the end, overtaking inside would’ve been too risky so I tried it on the outside and it worked.
"In the position I was in, I was sure of getting the silver medal, but I decided to go for one more so I tried it again on the outside. Unfortunately, I ended up closer to the Korean that I expected and was pushed to the outside. It’s too bad, but I always said that the goal this season was to try things and go for more. I still had some pretty good races today."
There was a Russian one-two in the men’s 1,000 with Semen Elistratov finishing ahead of Vladimir Grigorev. Dutchman Sjinkie Knegt was third.