Promising Korean bobsledder Jae-Hwan So (center) is waving his hand with a bright smile at the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games bobsled men's monobob (single-seater) award ceremony held at the sliding center in Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do on the 23rd. 

 

With the closing of the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics just one day away, news of medals from athletes in the province continued.

 

According to the Gangwon-do Sports Council on the 31st, as of the previous day, the medals won by athletes in the province were 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals, and 1 bronze medal. However, there are still games left, so it is reasonable to expect additional medals to be won. Currently, Korea is ranked 6th with 5 gold medals, 6 silver medals, and 4 bronze medals.

 

The first to win a medal was Jae-Hwan Jae (18, Sangji Daegwallyeong High School), who brought home the gold medal to Korea. Jaehwan Jae-hwan won the gold medal in the men's bobsleigh monobob (single-seater) competition held at the Alpensia Sliding Center in Pyeongchang on the 23rd, recording a time of 53.80 seconds in the first race and 54.83 seconds in the second race, with a total time of 1 minute 48.63 seconds.

 

Taking advantage of his home ground, Jaehwan Jae-hwan achieved the feat of winning a medal at the Winter Youth Olympics just three years after starting bobsleigh.

 

On the same day, Shin Yeon-soo (18, Sangji Daegwallyeong High School) also won a bronze medal in the skeleton competition, recording a total time of 1 minute 46.05 seconds in the first and second periods. This is the first Winter Youth Olympics medal in Korean skeleton history.

 

On this day, Shin Yeon-soo recorded 52.85 seconds, 2nd place overall in the first period, and then 4th place overall, 53.20 seconds, in the second period.

 

The women's ice hockey team 3on3, with Jang Hyun-jeong (15, Namchuncheon Girls' Middle School) as a striker, unfortunately lost 2-10 against the powerful Hungarian team in the finals of this tournament and won the silver medal.

 

Jang Hyun-jung played in a total of 9 games and scored 3 goals in this tournament until the final. She especially scored her second goal in the semi-final against China when they were down 1-3, setting the stage for South Korea to come from behind to win 6-4.

 

Lee Yun-seung (Songgok High School) and Yoon Shin-i (17, Pyeongchang Bongpyeong High School) of the national freestyle skiing team received 27 points in the mogul mixed team finals of the recent competition held at High1 Ski Resort in Jeongseon, placing them on top of the U.S. first team (Porter Huff and Elizabeth Lemli) with 43 points. lost, but won a valuable silver medal.

 

Under the influence of her father, who runs a ski shop in Bongpyeong, Shinyi Yoon was introduced to skiing for the first time at the age of 4, and began learning freestyle skiing in earnest at the age of 7, and is currently active as a representative freestyle skier in Korea.

 

Meanwhile, the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics will close on the 1st of next month. The closing ceremony, which will be held under the theme of 'Shine Again', will be held at the plaza in front of the Gangneung Hockey Center auxiliary stadium in Gangwon-do for 35 minutes starting at 8 PM on this day. 19가이드03