Korean speed skater Kim Min-sun goes for 1st world title

• Published date: 02 March 2023
• Publication title: The Korea Times

Having put on a dominant showing throughout the season, Korean speed skater Kim Min-sun will try to put the icing on the cake with her first world title this week in the Netherlands.

Kim will compete in the women's 500 meters at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Speed Skating Championships, beginning at 8:53 p.m. Friday in Heerenveen, or 4:53 a.m. Saturday in Seoul time.

Kim has been the world's top sprinter this season, having swept up five out of six ISU World Cup titles in the 500m. She won the first five World Cup races before finishing in second place in the final World Cup stop last month. She also sprinkled in a gold medal from the ISU Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in December, and the World Cup season finale is the only international race Kim didn't win so far this season.

Kim hasn't even cracked the top 10 at world championships in her career but will arrive in the Netherlands as the prohibitive favorite.

The world championships will be held at Thialf, which...