Kim Jun-ho wins bronze in men's 500m speed skating at Winter Asiad

HARBIN, 10 February (BelTA - Yonhap) - Kim Jun-ho claimed bronze in the men's 500-meter speed skating event at the Asian Winter Games in China on Monday for his second medal of the competition.

Kim clocked 35.03 seconds to finish in third place behind Gao Tingyu of China (34.95) and Wataru Morishige of Japan (34.97) at Heilongjiang Ice Events Training Center Speed Skating Oval in Harbin.

Kim had earlier won bronze in the 100m on the same track Saturday.

Kim covered the first 100m in 9.54 seconds, the second-fastest time in the field, behind only Gao's 9.46 seconds. Morishige only clocked 9.76 seconds at the start, ranking seventh.

However, the Japanese sprinter covered the rest of the race faster than anyone, in 25.21 seconds, to finish second overall. Kim and Gao posted the identical time over the final 400m with 25.49 seconds, as Gao got the gold and Kim took third place.