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Ex-Olympic short track champ killed in motorcycle crash

June 27, 2016
This file photo taken on Feb. 16, 2006, shows late South Korean short track speed skater Oh Se-jong compete in the semifinals of the men's 5,000m relay at the Turin Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. (Yonhap)

This file photo taken on Feb. 16, 2006, shows late South Korean short track speed skater Oh Se-jong compete in the semifinals of the men’s 5,000m relay at the Turin Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. (Yonhap)

SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) — Former Olympic short track speed skating champion Oh Se-jong has been killed in a motorcycle crash in Seoul, the sport’s officials said.

According to the Korea Skating Union, Oh died after slamming his motorcycle into a vehicle making a U-turn Monday night. He was 33 years old.

Oh won the gold medal in the men’s 5,000m relay at the 2006 Turin Winter Games, before retiring later that year. In 2003, Oh grabbed the 5,000m relay world title in Warsaw.