Youth Olympics, Snowboarding Lee Chae un Gold Medal

The Korean team added one gold medal and two silver medals on the sixth day of the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games (Gangwon 2024), which opened on the 19th and the medal race began in earnest on the 20th.

Snowboarder Lee Chae-woon (Suri High School) earned 96 points in the men's slopestyle finals held at the Welli Hilli Park Ski Resort in Hoengseong, Gangwon-do on the 25th and became the main podium finisher.

Lee Chae-woon is the third gold medalist of the Gangwon 2024 Korean team, following Jae-hee Joo (Han Kwang-go) in the short track men's 1,500m and Jae-hwan Jae-hwan (Sangji Daegwallyeong High School) in the men's bobsled monobob (single-seater).

Lee Chae-un, who was the youngest Korean athlete to compete at the 2002 Beijing Winter Olympics, won the men's halfpipe at the International Ski Federation (FIS) World Championships in March last year as the youngest person ever (16 years, 10 months), becoming the first Korean skier and snowboarder to win the world title. 바카라사이트

He is a promising player who won a gold medal at the championships.

Snowboard slopestyle is a sport that passes through a course consisting of various objects and jumps such as rails, boxes, waves, and big airs, and is scored and ranked based on criteria such as height, rotation, technique, and difficulty.

Lee Chae-woon will compete in the big air event on the 28th and the main event, halfpipe, on February 1st and challenge for three gold medals.

Lee Dong-heon (Siheung Maehwa High School), who competed with Lee Chae-woon, finished in 23rd place in the preliminaries and did not advance to the finals.

The women's ice hockey team lost 2-10 (0-2 1-5 1-3) to Hungary in the final of the 3-on-3 tournament at the Gangwon 2024 Games held at the Gangneung Hockey Center, but won a valuable silver medal as the first Olympic medal in the history of Korean ice hockey. presented.

Korea, which lost 0-16 to Hungary in the preliminaries, knocked the opponent's net twice that day and conceded fewer goals.

Korea, which gave up two goals in the first period, made up for one goal with a powerful shot from captain Park Joo-yeon (Bong Eun-jung) during a power play situation with a numerical superiority in the second period when the game was tied 0-3, but then gave up four more goals and faltered sharply.

In the third period, when Korea was on the verge of winning or losing, the disappointment of defeat was alleviated by a wonderful goal by Shim Seo-hee (Shincheon Middle School) after receiving a pass from Han Yu-an (Ontario Hockey Academy).

Hungary won the Gangwon 2024 tournament with double-digit scores in 9 games including the preliminaries, semifinals, and finals, winning all of them.

In particular, they mercilessly defeated Korea, Mexico (17-0), Turkye (18-0), Australia (22-1), and the Netherlands (33-0) in the preliminaries, followed by the semifinals against Italy (14-4). He also showed off his powerful firepower in the finals.

Speed ​​skating hopefuls Heo Seok (Uijeongbu High School) and Im Ri-won (Uijeongbu Girls' High School) teamed up to win a silver medal in the mixed relay.

The two athletes ranked second after China (3 minutes 11.74 seconds) in the mixed relay final held at the Gangneung Speed ​​Skating Rink with a time of 3 minutes 11.78 seconds.

In the last lap, Heo Seok allowed a reversal and unfortunately lost to China by 0.04 seconds.

China turned the tide by taking third place in the semifinals, following the Netherlands and Korea, and advancing to the finals where four teams competed.

The ice mixed relay is an event that debuted at this competition, with one male and one male athlete from each country participating, and the ranking is determined by the record of crossing the finish line after completing a total of six laps.

In the women's alpine ski slalom held at High1 Ski Resort in Jeongseon, our athletes ranked in the middle of the rankings.

Choi Ye-rin (Sijigo) placed 26th with a total time of 1 minute 49.13 seconds in the first and second periods, Ina-ye (Elite Open School) ranked 34th (1 minute 53.30 seconds), and Jeong Seung-yeon (Sangji Daegwallyeong High School) ranked 38th. Each was located above (2 minutes 05 seconds 45).

In the men's slalom, three athletes, Kim Joo-hyun (Ulsan Down High School), Lee Hyeon-ho (Gangneung Jungang High School), and Kim Se-hyeon (Cheong High School), were pushed out of the rankings as they failed to complete either the first or second period.

Seojun Lee (Bojeong High School) and Kanghoon Choi (Hwagwang Middle School) placed 15th (54.00 points) and 21st (29.25 points), respectively, in the freestyle ski slopestyle preliminaries that ended at the Welli Hilli Park Ski Resort in Hoengseong, missing out on advancing to the finals where 10 people compete.

Korea won 3 gold medals, 4 silver medals, and 4 bronze medals, ranking 6th overall.

First place is Italy, which won 14 medals, including 9 gold medals.