Choi Min-jeong, who set a new Asian Winter Games record in the 500m short track speed skating "weak event" in South Korea, said with a smile: "It took a lot of thought. On the 7th, Cui Minjing said after the first day of short track speed skating at the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games held in the Heilongjiang Ice Training Center Complex in Harbin: "The ice quality is better than expected, and the physical condition is also very good. I entered the race in a relaxed mood and felt that the record was good. "I did a lot of preparation for the 500m during this time, and I got a good result in the preliminaries. Tomorrow will also produce good results. ”

On the 7th, in the women's 500-meter short track speed skating preliminaries of the Asian Winter Games, South Korean player Choi Minjing was galloping.

On the same day, Cui Minjing crossed the finish line in the third group of the women's 500m preliminaries with a time of 43.321 seconds, breaking the Asian Winter Games record (43.371 seconds) set by Chinese player Fan Kexin at the 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games for the first time in eight years. Short track speed skating is not a record-winning sport, so it doesn't make much sense to set a new record. But considering the symbolism of the 500m, Choi's record that day is worth paying attention to.

The shortest distance event, 500 meters, was the weak event for the Korean delegation. At the Asian Winter Games, the 500m is also China's "self-reserved land". China has won seven consecutive gold medals in the women's 500m from the second Asian Winter Games held in Sapporo in 1990 to the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, and South Korea has never won a gold medal in this event.

Cui Minjing fell into deep thought before the women's 1500m quarterfinals of the Asian Winter Games short track speed skating held at the comprehensive hall of the Heilongjiang Ice Training Center on the 7th.

South Korea's best result in the 500m at the Asian Winter Games was Choi Min-kyung's silver medal at the 1999 Asian Winter Games in Gangwon-do.

Choi Min-jeong also challenged for gold in this event eight years ago. At that time, she increased her muscle mass in order to set the first record and put her heart and soul into starting training. However, Cui Minjing failed to reach the final in the semi-finals due to the Chinese player's hold.

Choi Min-jeong, who has been waiting for eight years, has set a new record for Fan Kexin from the first race in the 500m, approaching the first women's 500m title in the history of Korean short track speed skating.

Cui Minjing warmed up before the short track speed skating women's 1500m quarterfinals at the comprehensive hall of the Jiang Ice Training Center in Heilong Province on the 7th.

"Today there was only a qualifier, and tomorrow is really important," Cui said. From tomorrow onwards, I will concentrate more on doing well. She added, "Because it's hard to get tickets, it doesn't seem like there are many Koreans coming to the venue." Although I didn't get the support of Korean fans at the scene, I will try my best considering the fans who cheered for me in Korea. ”