FILE PHOTO: Speed Skating - ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships - Arena Armeets, Sofia, Bulgaria - March 8, 2019 South Korea's Min Jeong Choi in action during the women's quarter final heats REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
(Reuters) - South Korea's Olympic short track speed skating champion Choi Min-jeong suffered knee and ankle injuries in collisions during the opening competition of the International Skating Union World Cup in Beijing last weekend, Yonhap news agency reported.
Choi is expected to miss at least the next competition in Japan starting on Thursday, Yonhap https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20211025006800315?section=sports/index said, dealing a blow to South Korea's hopes at the World Cup, which determines quotas for the Feb. 4-20 Beijing Winter Olympics.
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