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Song Min-ji

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Song Min-ji
Personal information
Born (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 (age 26)
Team information
Current teamSamyang Women's Cycling Team
Disciplinesroad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2021–Samyang Women's Cycling Team
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Women's road cycling
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Almaty Road race
Women's track cycling
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 New Delhi Team pursuit

Song Min-ji (Korean: 송민지; born 30 March 1998) is a South Korean road and track cyclist who currently competes for amateur team Samyang Women's Cycling Team. She competed primarily in South Korea for her junior career, only moving to international events beginning in 2023. Song competed in the 2022 Asian Games (held in 2023 due to delays) in the team pursuit.[1] She found international success in 2024, winning the Asian Road Cycling Championship road race event and winning a bronze medal in the team pursuit at the Asian Track Cycling Championships.[2]

Song was selected to represent South Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the road race based on her UCI points ranking.[2] Song participated, but did not finish the race.

Major results

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Road

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2017
3rd Time trial, National Championships
2018
3rd Time trial, National Championships
2019
5th Time trial, National Championships
2022
5th Road race, National Championships
2023
2nd Road race, National Championships
2024
1st Road race, Asian Championships
2nd Road race, National Championships

Track

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2023
4th Team pursuit, Asian Games
2024
Asian Championships
3rd Team pursuit
4th Madison

References

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  1. ^ "SONG Minji". ocagames.com. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Yang, Mary; Chung, Kevin (19 July 2024). "Korean cyclists ready to ride at Paris Olympics". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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