South Korea women's national short track team

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The South Korea women's national short track team represents South Korea in international short track speed skating team relay competitions like the World Championships and the Winter Olympics.

South Korea Republic in East Asia

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying to the east of the Asian mainland. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia, under Gwanggaeto the Great. South Korea lies in the north temperate zone and has a predominantly mountainous terrain. It comprises an estimated 51.4 million residents distributed over 100,363 km2 (38,750 sq mi). Its capital and largest city is Seoul, with a population of around 10 million.

Short track speed skating winter sport, in which skaters skate on an oval ice track with a length of 111.12 m

Short track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters skate on an oval ice track with a length of 111.12 metres (364.6 ft). The rink itself is 60 metres (200 ft) long by 30 metres (98 ft) wide, which is the same size as an Olympic-sized figure skating rink and an international-sized ice hockey rink. Short track speed skating is the sister sport to long track speed skating and the cousin sport to inline speed skating.

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3000 metre relay Olympic record

OlympicsMedalSkatersTime
Lillehammer 1994 Chun Lee-kyung / Kim Ryang-hee / Kim So-hee / Kim Yoon-mi / Won Hye-kyung 4:26.640
Nagano 1998 Chun Lee-kyung / Won Hye-kyung / An Sang-mi / Kim Yoon-mi 4:16.260
Salt Lake City 2002 Choi Min-kyung / Joo Min-jin / Park Hye-won / Choi Eun-kyung 4:12.793
Turin 2006 Choi Eun-kyung / Jeon Da-hye / Jin Sun-yu / Byun Chun-sa / Kang Yun-mi 4:17.040
Vancouver 2010 Cho Ha-ri / Kim Min-jung / Lee Eun-byul / Park Seung-hi DSQ [1]
Sochi 2014 Shim Suk-hee / Park Seung-hi / Kong Sang-jeong / Cho Ha-ri / Kim A-lang 4:09.498

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References

  1. Chase, Chris, "Controversy: S. Korea DQ'd in short track relay, China gets gold", Yahoo! News , February 24, 2010.