Kim Gil-li (Seongnam City Hall), who achieved two gold medals at the Short Track World Cup held at home for the first time in six years, showed his courageous side by saying that he sensed that his chances of winning had increased during the women’s 1,500m final. It seemed.Gilly Kim won the gold medal with a record of 2 minutes 23.746 seconds in the final of the women’s 1,500m second race of the 4th competition of the 2023-2024 International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Cup held at the Mokdong Ice Rink in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul on the 17th.Kim Gil-li, who took first place in the first race the day before, swept two gold medals in the women’s 1,500m at this competition.
Gilly Kim laughed in an interview after the game, saying, “(During the game) I thought my chances of winning had increased.” The reason Kim Gil-li sensed that he would win was because he was well aware of the ice quality at Mokdong Ice Rink, his home stadium.World No. 1 Gilly Kim saw a gap at the very back in the early stages of the race, and Netherlands’ Haner Desmut suddenly took the lead by more than half a lap.While Shim Seok-hee (Seoul City Hall), who competed with Kim Gil-li, narrowed the gap by leading the race from second place, Kim Gil-li moved up the ranking one step at a time.Then, with three laps left until the finish line, he raced through the 슬롯게이밍 outcourse, rose to first place, and won the gold medal.