Kim Ji-ri, the "ace" of the Korean women's short track speed skating team, won the 2025MBN Women's Sports Awards Player of the Month (MVP) of the month. MBN said on the 20th: "The five-time champion of the 2025 Turin Winter Universiade and the two-time champion of the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games Kim Jili were selected as the MVP in January. ”

Kim Ji-ri won the 2025MBN Women's Sports Awards Player of the Month Award (MVP) in January

In January this year, at the World University Winter Games in Turin, Italy, Kim Jili won gold medals in five events, including the 2,000-meter mixed relay and the 3,000-meter women's relay, the women's 500-meter and 1,000-meter and 1,500-meter. Kim Jili is the first person to win five crowns at the Winter Universiade.

From the 7th to the 14th of this month, at the Asian Winter Games held in Harbin, China, Jin Jili also won the 2000m mixed relay and the women's 1500m race, and ended with 2 golds and 2 silvers.

In her acceptance speech, Kim said: "As a national team player, I am honored to receive a meaningful award. I will try to do well at next year's Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo. ”

The MBN Women's Sports Awards, established in 2012, will award the MVPs to the players who have contributed to women's sports in Korea on a monthly basis, and a year-end general award ceremony will be held in December.