Milan: South Korea claimed its fifth medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday in short track speed skating, as Hwang Dae-heon took silver in the men's 1,500 meters. Hwang finished in second place behind Jens van 't Wout of the Netherlands at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan for his fourth career medal and his second straight in the 1,500m, following his gold at Beijing 2022. South Korea now has one gold medal, two silver medals, and two bronze medals so far in northern Italy.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the final of the 13 1/2-lap race featured nine skaters, and the messy battle saw multiple athletes get wiped out. Hwang stayed above the fray and became the first South Korean male short tracker to win a medal at three consecutive Winter Games. Earlier in the day, the women's 3,000m relay team booked a ticket to the final set for Wednesday.

In the women's curling tournament, South Korea lost to Denmark 6-3 as its two-match winning streak came to an end at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, 260 kilometers northeast of Milan. Skip Gim Eun-ji's South Korea is now 2-2 in the round robin with five matches to go. The top four teams at the end of the current phase will qualify for the semifinals, and South Korea now finds itself in sixth place.

In speed skating, Kim Jun-ho finished 12th in the men's 500 meters in his final Olympics with a time of 34.68 seconds, and his compatriot Koo Kyung-min ended up in 15th place in 34.80 seconds.