Korean champion Noh succumbs to cancer
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SOUTH Korea’s world-record holding short-track speed skater Noh Jin-kyu has died after a battle with bone cancer, his family said yesterday. He was 23.
Noh’s sister, speed skater Noh Seon-yeong, posted on her brother’s Facebook page that he had died on Sunday evening. Noh Jin-kyu rose to prominence as an 18-year-old when he won the overall title at the International Skating Union world short-track speed skating championships in Sheffield, England, in 2011. He set new world marks in the 1,500 and 3,000 meters the same year — records that still stood at the time of his death. Noh was first diagnosed with a benign tumor in his left shoulder in 2013 but put off surgery to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics. He was unable to take part in the Sochi Games after breaking his elbow during practice. When Noh underwent surgery for his elbow in January 2014, doctors discovered a 13-centimeter long malignant tumor in his left shoulder.
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