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Koreans dominate short track speedskating World Cup

February 9, 2015
Winner Choi Minjeong of South Korea skates during the women's 1,500 meters final race at the World Cup short track speed skating championship in Dresden, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Winner Choi Min-jeong of South Korea skates during the women’s 1,500 meters final race at the World Cup short track speed skating championship in Dresden, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — Choi Min-jeong and Sin Da-woon won 1,500-meter races as South Korea dominated a short track speedskating World Cup on Saturday.

Choi won the women’s race in 2 minutes, 29.791 seconds, ahead of compatriot Noh Do-hee and Agne Sereikaite of Lithuania, to extend her lead in the standings at the distance with her fourth win of the season.

Sin led a Korean one-two in the men’s race, winning in 2:24.431 ahead of Park Se-yeong and China’s Dequan Chen. Sin also extended his lead with his fourth win.

Kim Alang won the women’s 1,000 ahead of Fan Kexin for another Korean one-two. Canada’s Marianne St-Gelais was third.

There was a Russian one-two in the men’s 1,000 with Semen Elistratov finishing ahead of Vladimir Grigorev. Dutchman Sjinkie Knegt was third.