Following yesterday's qualifying rounds, Minjeong Choi got South Korea off to the best possible start as she sealed her fourth World Cup win of the season in the 1,500 metres race, beating compatriot Do Hee Noh by posting a time of 2min 29:791 sec.

Lithuania's Agnė Sereikaitė earned her maiden podium finish as she took third, while Liu Yang of China narrowly missed out on a medal.

The result strengthens Choi's advantage at the top of the overall leaderboard, as she has a total of 43,277 points, a lead of 15,037 over China's Han Yutong.

Choi's victory proved to be just the start of South Korea's dominance as Sin Da-woon followed suit by winning the men's 1,500m event in a time of 2:24.438, and team mate Park Se-yeong came through to take second.

China's Chen Dequan claimed bronze.

Sin's victory, like Choi's, was his fourth of the season so far which saw him stretch his advantage at the top of the standings.

The success kept coming for South Korea as Kim A-lang controlled the race from the midway point to take the women's 1,000m honours, ahead of Fan Kexin of China, who overtook Canada's Marianne St-Gelais to snatch silver.

Kim A-lang (centre) shaded a close women's 1,000m race to take gold ahead of China's Fan Kexin (left) ©Getty Images



Current overall leader Shim Suk-hee of South Korea kept her position at the top of the rankings despite a poor afternoon in which she finished down in 18th place.

Russia did, however, manage to end the South Korean's monopoly of the medals when Semion Elistratov and Vladimir Grigorev claimed gold and silver respectively in the men's 1,000m race.

The pair maintained their authority throughout the event as they traded the lead for the majority of the contest.

European champion Sjinkie Knegt of The Netherlands had to settle for third although by virtue of that result, he surged to the top of the 1,000m leaderboard.

The World Cup event in Dresden draws to a close with the men's and women's 500m, the second 1,500m event for both the men and women, and also the relay finals tomorrow.

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