Lee Sang-ho (High1, pictured) finished fifth in the men’s parallel sprint in the fifth round of the FIS Snowboard World Cup.
Lee Sang-ho lost to Karl Benjamin (Austria) by 1.2 seconds in the quarterfinals held in Bad Gastein, Austria on the morning of the 12th (Korean time). However, Lee Sang-ho is still in first place with 405 points in the season overall ranking, which includes parallel rotations and parallel competitions. In tied for second place are Stefan Baumeister (Germany) and Dmitry Rosinov (Russia) with 306 points. Lee Sang-ho is revealing the prospects for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics to be held next month by harvesting all four medals (one gold, two silver, and one bronze) in five World Cup events this season.
In the preliminary round of the 5th tournament in which 58 people participated, Lee Sang-ho advanced to the finals with a total of 1st and 2nd rounds (52.73). Tournament from the round of 16. In the round of 16, Yannick Angenent (Germany) failed to complete, and Lee Sang-ho advanced to the quarterfinals. However, he fell behind Benjamin, who was ninth in the preliminary round, and did not make it to the quarterfinals. Benjamin advanced to the final and took the silver medal by 0.87 seconds behind Arvid Auner (Austria).
Lee Sang-ho was born in Jeongseon, Gangwon, and started snowboarding in his first year of elementary school. There is no proper training ground, so he learns to snowboard at a sledding field in a nearby highland cabbage field and is called ‘Baebae Boy’. Lee Sang-ho finished second in the men’s parallel competition in the snowboarding competition at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and won the first Olympic medal in Korean skiing and snowboarding history. Lee Sang-ho will participate in the parallel competition match of the 6th World Cup to be held in Zimonege, Austria from the 15th to the 16th.
Reporter Jeong Se-young niners@munhwa.com