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Olympic skating champion Oh killed

Former Olympic short track speed skating champion Oh Se-jong, 33, has died after his motorcycle collided with a car making a U-turn in Seoul.

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Former Olympic short track speed skating champion Oh Se-jong has been killed in a motorcycle crash in Seoul.

Oh, 33, died on Monday after his motorcycle collided with a car making a U-turn, Yonhap News Agency said on Tuesday.

He was a member of South Korea's gold medal winning 5000 metres relay team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and retired later that year.


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