It is reported that the South Korean athlete has chosen a medal in the skating race for 1500 meters, showing the result in two minutes ten seconds, which was a record Olympics.

The second place went to the Dutchman Shinki Knegt 2: 10.5, the athlete fell behind his colleague for two tenths of a second.

Bronze was taken by a Russian athlete who acts as Semen Yelistratov with a score of 2: 10.6. He received his award under the "Olympic", not the national flag.

Winners in the race at a distance of 2000 meters are not yet known. Women's ice skating will begin later in the evening.

The Ukrainian national team in this sports discipline is not represented.

As reported in "Ur-Inform", earlier the Swedish skier Charlotte Kalla was the first to win the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.