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| Korea's Cha Min-kyu competes in the men's speed skating 500m event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, Feb. 12. Yonhap |
Cha Min-kyu captured silver in the men's 500m speed skating race at Beijing 2022, Saturday, stunning the skating world once again with his second straight Olympic medal.
Cha posted the time of 34.39 seconds at the National Speed Skating Oval, finishing behind Gao Tingyu of China, who set a new Olympic record with 34.32 seconds. Wataru Morishige of Japan took the bronze medal in 34.49 seconds.
Cha, 28, is now the first South Korean man to win back-to-back medals in the 500m. Four years ago at PyeongChang 2018, Cha finished only 0.01 second behind Haavard Holmefjord Lorentzen of Norway for a shocking silver medal.
This is South Korea's second speed skating medal in Beijing, after Kim Min-seok delivered bronze in the men's 1,500m on Tuesday.
South Korea has produced a medalist in the men's 500m at four of the past five Olympics. (Yonhap)
