The speed skater won gold medals in the men's 10,000 metres event at Vancouver 2010 and the Pyeongchang 2018 mass start.

He also has three silver medals from the Vancouver 2010 5000m and team pursuit races in 2014 and 2018, before securing a bronze at the Beijing 2022 mass start.

"My goal moving forward is to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics," Lee said through his agency, IHQ, a day after capturing the men's overall title at the National Allround Speed Skating Championships.

"I'll try my best to make that happen."

At the two-day domestic competition, Lee triumphed in the 5,000m and 10,000m, came third in the 1,500m and fifth in the 500m to finish first overall.

"I had so much fun preparing for these races," he continued.

"I am happy to have posted great results."

"I learned a great deal while competing against much younger skaters.

"I watched them put in so much work to improve their ties, and I think the future of speed skating is in good hands."

Lee won the 5,000m gold in 6mins 39.32secs, nearly seven seconds faster than 21-year-old Chung Jae-won who won silver at the Beijing 2022 mass start.

For the 10,000m title, he also held off Chung with a time of 15:06.05.

"Lee Seung-hoon is skating so well that we can expect him to be as good as he'd been in his peak years," said coach and former Olympian Lee Kyou-hyuk.

"It's quite a feat that he won the overall national title over skaters so much younger."

Lee's six Winter Olympic medals sets the record for the most medals won by a South Korean athlete at the Games.

In the current season, he has won silver medals in the mass start and 5,000m races at the International Skating Union Four Continents Speed Skating Championships last month in Canada.