The next year for the Beijing Olympics…How are the Korean squads ready?

The opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is a year ahead. However, in the aftermath of Corona 19, each sport is struggling to prepare for the competition.

Short track and speed skating, which are considered to be Korea’s’gold medal field’, have not been able to compete in actual games. The ice rink is closed in the aftermath of Corona 19. In the 2020-21 season, the national team was not able to compete. I gave up my participation in international competitions.

Participation in this season’s international competition is an important event as an Olympic practice test. This is because short track and speed skating will cover the right to qualify for the Winter Olympics through the 2021~22 World Cup series starting in October.

The skeleton of’Iron Man’ Yoon Seong-bin (27, Gangwon Provincial Office), who won the gold medal at the PyeongChang Olympics, will also challenge for a second straight victory. Yoon Sung-bin only digested the second half of the 2020-21 season even in the situation of Corona 19. He participated in the World Cup three times and climbed 3rd-2nd-4th, reaffirming his top-notch skills. Skeleton’s participation in the Olympics will be determined through the World Cup series starting in November of this year.

Korean women’s curling, which won a silver medal in the PyeongChang Olympics, sparking a craze for’Young and Mi~’ is better than after the medal. To compete in the Beijing Olympics, he must achieve good results at the 2021 Women’s Curling Championship (World Championship) scheduled in Switzerland next month.

Curling selects an entire team as the national team through selections every season. In the 2020-21 season,’Tim Kim’, with skip Kim Eun-jung in the lead, is expected to play a three-quarter match against Gyeonggi Province called’Curls Day’ and Chuncheon City Hall of’Little Team Kim’ for the 2021-22 season (Olympic) Taegeuk mark.

Men’s curling, who finished 7th in the PyeongChang Olympics (4-5), also challenges the medal. The World Men’s Curling Championship will be held in Canada in April. This year’s national representative is the Gyeonggi Curling Federation, and is expected to compete with the Taegeuk Mark with the Gyeongbuk Sports Association next year.

The Korean men’s ice hockey team is scheduled to play the final qualifiers for the Olympic Games in August. It was originally scheduled to be held in Norway in August of last year, but it was postponed for one year due to the aftermath of Corona 19. Twelve countries will participate, and the top eight countries and host countries in the world will compete in the Olympics. The remaining three are covered in the final qualifying round. Twelve countries participated and divided into three groups, and the first place in the group advances to the finals. Korea (18th in the world) was in Group F with Norway (11th), Denmark (12th) and Slovenia (20th).

The Korean women’s ice hockey team will hold the second round of qualifying for the Beijing Olympics at the Gangneung Hockey Center in October. Women’s ice hockey was originally held in February, but was delayed in the aftermath of Corona 19. Ten teams will compete in the finals. The top six countries in the world ranking and the host country China go directly to the finals, and the remaining three teams will be screened through the final qualifying round. Korea (16th in the world) belonged to the British (23rd), Slovenia (24th) and the first qualifying team in Group F of the 2nd qualifying round. If Korea passes the second qualifying round, it will go to the final qualifying round. The first team in each group in the final qualifier divided into three groups joins the finals.
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