Olympic Games
Teenage short tracker seeks first Olympic medal
Feb. 13, 2014
Shim Suk-hee, a 17-year-old short track phenom, will try to win her first Olympic medal in the women's 500 meters on Thursday.Shim, Park Seung-hi and Kim A-lang have reached the quarterfinals in the 500m. The quarters, the semis and the finals will all take place Thursday.Shim has mostly dominated the 1,000m and the 1,500m events this season, while struggling with her starts in the 500m. However, she may have a shot at a medal in the short distance event, too, with Wang Meng of China, the reigni