Stoic short track star reduced to tears after missing podium
Korea Herald

Stoic short track star reduced to tears after missing podium

The Korea Herald
February 13, 2026
11:46 AM

Short track speed skater Choi Min-jeong doesn't often show her emotions after races. And when she cries out of disappointment over a loss, it goes to show you how much that particular event must have meant to her. Choi shed tears after getting eliminated in the semifinals of the women's 500 meters at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Thursday night. She was the only South Korean out of three in that distance to even get that deep into the competition. Sout

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