South Korea's short track speed skater Choi Min-jeong won a gold medal in the women's 15-hundred-meter event at the PyeongChang Olympics on Saturday.

Li Jinyu of China earned silver and Kim Boutin of Canada took bronze.

Kim A-lang finished fourth while Shim Suk-hee was eliminated during the preliminary round.  

On the men's side, Seo Yi-ra grabbed a bronze medal in the one-thousand-meter race while Lim Hyo-jun, who won gold in the 15-hundred meters, finished fourth.

The gold medal went to Samuel Girard of Canada and the bronze to John-Henry Krueger of the U.S.  

South Korea ranks ninth in the overall medal tally with three gold and two bronze medals.