Hong had his first international success in February 2016 at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer . There he won the gold medal over 500 m. He made his debut in the World Cup at the beginning of the 2016/17 season in Calgary , which he finished in ninth place and 12th place over 500 m each. In the further course of the season he came six times in the top ten. With second place over 1500 m in Dresden and Minsk, he achieved his first podium finishes in the individual World Cup and at the end of the season he finished sixth in the World Cup over 1500 m. He was also third in the season in Dresden. At the 2018 Junior World Championships in Tomaszów Mazowiecki , he won the gold medal in the all-around with three first places and one second and third place. In the 2018/19 season he won his first World Cup victory in Salt Lake City over 1000 m. He also took second place over 1500 m in Almaty and Turin and third place over 1000 m in Dresden. In Calgary he finished second with the relay and reached the end of the season in fifth place in the World Cup over 1500 m and second place over 1000 m. At the 2019 World Championships in Sofia and at the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk , he won the gold medal with the relay.
South Korea
Salt Lake City