KOREAN NET

Short track speedskater Kim Gilli on Oct. 27 leads the women's 1500-m race in the season-opening event of the International Skating Union's (ISU) 2024-25 Short Track World Tour at Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal, Canada. (ISU Speed Skating's official Facebook page)

By Margareth Theresia

National short track speedskater Kim Gilli has won the women's 1500 m in the season-opening event of the International Skating Union's (ISU) 2024-25 Short Track World Tour.

Kim on Oct. 27 earned the gold medal with a time of 2:24.396 in the final at Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal, Canada, beating runner-up Hanne Desmet of Belgium.

In the same race, Korea's Choi Min Jeong won the bronze with 2:24.51.

Also in Canada, figure skater Cha Jun Hwan in Halifax, Nova Scotia, won the men's bronze at Skate Canada International, the second competition of the ISU's 2024-25 Grand Prix of Figure Skating with a score of 260.31, just missing out on the silver by 0.85 of a point.

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