Milan: Short track speed skater Hwang Dae-heon captured the silver medal in the men's 1,500 meters at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday, marking his second consecutive medal in that distance. Hwang finished in second place behind Jens van 't Wout of the Netherlands in a chaotic, nine-skater final at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan, four years after winning the gold medal in Beijing. Roberts Kruzbergs of Latvia took the bronze.

According to Yonhap News Agency, this was South Korea's second short track medal at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and its fifth medal overall. The country leads the all-time short track medal race with an impressive 26 gold medals and 55 medals overall. Hwang's latest achievement brings his career Olympic medal tally to four.

Another South Korean competitor in the final, Shin Dong-min, narrowly missed the podium, finishing in fourth place.