South Korea's national short track speed skating representative, Kim Juri, is expected to surpass South Korean speed skating legend Lee Seung-hoon to challenge for the most titles at the Asian Winter Games. Kumquat Li will participate in 5 short track speed skating events at the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games to be held from the 7th and attack the championship.
On the afternoon of the 5th, Kumquat practiced in the formal training held in the comprehensive hall of the Heilongjiang Ice Training Center
Previously, no Korean player had won five gold medals in a single Asian Winter Games. The most ever champions in a single tournament are four-time champion Lee Seung-hoon, an achievement he achieved at the 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games. At that time, Lee Seung-hoon won four gold medals in the men's 5,000m and 10,000m, mass start, and team pursuit.
The triple crown of the single Asian Winter Games, the Korean army appeared a total of 4 times. Kim Ki-hoon won the 1990 Sapporo Asian Winter Games, Choi Zhixun in the 1996 Harbin Asian Winter Games, and Lee Seung-hoon at the 2011 Astana-Almaty Asian Winter Games.
Kumquat will qualify on the 7th, and will challenge for gold medals in the mixed 2000m relay, women's 500m and 1500m relay on the 8th, and the women's 1000m and women's 3000m relay on the 9th.
On the 6th, Kumquat Li was taking pictures of his teammates after finishing training at the comprehensive hall of the Heilongjiang Provincial Ice Training Center in Harbin, China.
South Korean media said that from the perspective of objective combat effectiveness, it is difficult for other countries (regions) to find an opponent in Kumquat, and she is very likely to achieve multiple crowns, but she must be careful of variables such as falling or being punished for fouls.
In the individual competition, Kumquat will compete fiercely with her dearest senior, teammate Cui Minjing, over the color of the medals. Cui Minjing, a senior with a different competitive spirit, didn't want to give in at all.
The sense of purpose in kumquat is also obvious. On the 6th, the day before the opening of the competition, she ended her last training session at the Heilongjiang Ice Training Center Complex and expressed her ambition: "The more gold medals, the better. I want to win 5 gold medals. ”
Kumquat Li is posing after finishing the official training of the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games at the Heilongjiang Provincial Ice Training Center Complex in Harbin, China on the 4th.
The record for the most medals won by the Korean delegation at the Asian Winter Games is eight by Lee Seung-hoon and Kim Dong-sung (short track speed skating).
If Lee Seung-hoon wins a medal at this competition, he will be the all-time No. 1 on his own. Lee Seung-hoon will compete in the men's 5,000m speed skating and team pursuit at this Asian Winter Games. Lee Gyu-hyuk has maintained the longest medal span for South Koreans at the Asian Winter Games. Gangwon from 1999roadFrom the 2011 Asian Winter Games to the 2011 Astana Almaty Asian Winter Games, he won medals in four major competitions in 12 years.