MILAN — South Korea will look to add to its short track speed skating medal tally at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday. South Korea got on the short track medal board with Rim Jong-un’s bronze medal in the men’s 1,000 meters on Thursday at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan. On Saturday, the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals are scheduled in the men’s 1,500m. Rim will once again be a medal threat in that event, as he will try to become the third straight South Korean champion after Lim Hyo-jun in 2018 and Hwang Dae-heon in 2022. The heats for the women’s 1,000m and the semifinals for the women’s 3,000m relay will also take place Saturday. Also on Saturday, veteran speed skater Kim Jun-ho will take the ice for the men’s 500m race in what will be his fourth and likely final Olympics. Kim set the national record time of 33.78 seconds at an International Skating Union World Cup event in November 2025. At his three previous Olympic appearances in the 500m, Kim finished 21st in 2014, 12th in 2018 and sixth in 2022. Koo Kyung-min, who ranked 10th in the 1,000m in his Olympic debut
