A Korean born Australian spee skater Andy Jung has just missed out on qualifying for the 1500m short track speed skating A or B Finals after narrowly being edged out in the semi-finals.
Korea’s Lim Hyojun clinched Winter Olympics gold on Saturday for host nation South Korea in the men's 1,500-metre short-track speedskating with an event record time of two minutes, 10.485 seconds.
In what is always one of the most absorbing events at any Games, it was Lim who eventually came through at the end of 13-and-a-half laps of action.
The Netherlands' Sjinkie Knegt was close behind in second spot, while OAR skater Semen Elistratov grabbed bronze.
Andy Jung, who was born in South Korea before moving to Australia, was valiant in finishing fifth in his semi-final, which he only reached after benefiting from a disqualification.
Jung finished fourth in his six-man first-round heat on Saturday night and was set for elimination with a top-three cut-off for progression.
Jung said in an interview with Ch7 right after the race,“I skated OK but my strongest distance is the 500, which is next,” Jung said on Channel 7 afterwards. “1500 is the opposite one. So I’m just looking forward to the next event.”
