[천지일보=김현진 기자] At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, South Korea failed to hunt for medals on the second day from the 5th, when the medal race began.
On the 5th, the short track mixed relay, which was introduced as an official event for the first time in this event and was expected for the first medal of the Korean team, failed the medal for the second day.
On the 6th, Korea participated in the luge and ski cross-country sled events, but it was difficult to expect a medal at first.
Nam-gyu Lim (Gyeonggi-do Luge Federation), who participated in the men’s luge single-seater held at the National Sliding Center in Yanqing, northern Beijing, China on that day, recorded 59 seconds and 538 in the third round, placing 28th out of 34 participating players. The previous day, it was only 33rd in the first and second rounds, and did somewhat well in the third period, but in the result of the third round, it recorded a result of 3:01 seconds and 770, and was unable to raise the rank from 33rd any more. As a result, the top 20 players were also frustrated to advance to the 4th round.
However, Nam-gyu Lim was injured in a luge overturn accident regarding a month before the Olympics, and his shin bone was exposed.
Johannes Ludwig (Germany) took the gold medal in the men’s luge singles event, the silver medal went to Wolfgang Kindle (Austria), and the bronze medal went to Dominique Fischnaler (Italy).
In the men’s 30km ski cross-country skiathlon held at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Center, Min-woo Kim (Pyeongchang County Office) placed 62nd out of 70 competitors, and Jong-won Jeong (Gyeonggi Provincial Office) placed 66th.
Min-Woo Kim finished 61st in the first 15km classic section with 46 minutes 24 seconds 3, and then it took 33.8 seconds to change to free skiing. After that, in the 15km free section, there was a difference of more than one lap from the leader, and the finish was unsuccessful.
The gold medal in men’s cross-country 30km skiing went to Russian Olympic Committee member Alexander Bolshnov. Bolshnov fell at the beginning of the match, but following that, he continued to race and beat 2nd place Dennis Spitzov (ROC) by 1 minute and 11 seconds. Livo Niskanen (Finland) took third place 2 minutes 00 seconds behind the lead.
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Meanwhile, in the women’s snowboarding slopestyle event, New Zealand’s Joy Sadoski Sinot won the gold medal, giving New Zealand the first ever gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Sadoski Sinot won a bronze medal in Big Air at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
In the ski jumping men’s normal hill individual event, Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi won the gold medal. It is the first time Japan has won a gold medal in this event in 50 years since the 1972 Sapporo Games. Japan also won gold medals in the large hill and team event at the 1998 Nagano Games, all of which were held in their own country. But this time, he brought a gold medal in ski jumping at the Olympics held in a foreign country for the first time.
Korea is expected to win its first medals in the women’s 500m and men’s 1000m short track events on the 7th, the fourth day of the event and the third day of the medal race.
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