By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- The national skating federation announced Wednesday that Seoul will host an international short track speed skating competition in November.
The third leg of the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Tour will run from Nov. 20 to 22 at Mokdong Ice Rink in western Seoul, the Korea Skating Union (KSU) said.
The 2026-27 World Tour season will begin this week in Vancouver, and another Canadian city, Montreal, will host the second leg from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1.
The South Korean team will feature Choi Min-jeong, the most decorated Olympian for the country with seven career medals, and Kim Gil-li, who won two gold medals and one bronze medal at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games this year.
The KSU said it will organize a wide range of interactive programs outside the rink and hold K-pop-related events that bring skating and Korean pop music together.
This is the third season of the revamped World Tour, previously called the World Cup. South Korea hosted the fourth leg of the inaugural World Tour season in December 2024 but did not hold any event during the 2025-26 season.
Each World Tour event will feature four men's events, four women's events and one mixed event.
This image provided by the Korea Skating Union on Oct. 21, 2026, shows a promotional poster for the third leg of the International Skating Union Short Track World Tour to be held at Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul from Nov. 20-22, 2026. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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