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American speedskater Brandon Kim attempted to get Team USA into the finals of the short track 500-meter event at the Winter Olympics on Monday, but was involved in an unfortunate incident. Kim was racing against the Netherlands’ Jens van ‘t Wout, Ukraine’s Oleh Handei and Uzbekistan’s Daniil Eybog in the seventh heat.
As the group was coming around one of the first turns, Kim, Handei and Eybog all crashed. Van ‘t Wout ended up finishing ahead of the three. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Kim was penalized and did not complete a lap in the race. The Virginia native was competing in his first Winter Olympics for Team USA. He was a star on the junior circuit as he picked up a bronze in the World Junior Championships in 2017. Kim was also disqualified from the short track 1,000-meter heats last week. Van ‘t Wout won the gold in the event. OLYMPIC SKI JUMPER DISQUALIFIED FROM EVENT OVER BOOT SIZE Team USA still has hopes to medal in the 500-meter event as Andrew Heo had the fastest time in his heat with a time of 41.136. Read More About The 2026 Winter OlympicsWHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE WINTER OLYMPICSTEAM USA STARS TO KNOWMEET THE 2026 US OLYMPIC MEDALISTS The Americans have found the podium hard to get to in this year’s Olympics. Going into Monday, Team USA has attained 17 total medals but only five gold. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP Team USA finished with 25 total medals when the 2022 Beijing Olympics came to an end. The team won nine gold, nine silver and seven bronze that year. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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