Choi Ga-on, the youngest ever, won the gold medal from behind and viewership was amazing..It's up to 8.7% [synthesis]

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From Choi Ga-on's golden emergency and Lim Jong-eon's thrilling reversal, snowboard Lee Chae-woon and figure Cha Jun-hwan will join the race every month to seal the medal news.

According to Nielsen Korea, a ratings research company, on the 13th (Korea Standard Time), the "2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics" broadcast by JTBC on the 12th recorded an increase in ratings amid increasing interest from viewers. Based on paid households in the Seoul metropolitan area, the women's curling Korea-U.S. match soared to an average of 4.6 percent and a maximum of 8.7 percent per minute, with target viewership averaging 1.6 percent and a maximum of 2.9 percent. The men's freestyle ski final and skeleton men's first and second runs averaged 4.3% and up to 5.3% for households in the metropolitan area, with target viewership averaging 1.8% and up to 2.5%. In particular, it ranked first in all channel target ratings at the same time.

Choi Ga-on did not give in to two mistakes in the snowboard women's halfpipe final and won the first Olympic gold medal in Korean snow sports with a perfect performance of 90.25 points in the third period. He completed a great reversal drama that will remain in the history of winter sports in Korea with the record of the youngest gold medal ever (17 years and 3 months) beating idol Chloe Kim.

In short track speed skating, "Monster Youngest" Lim Jong-eon won his first medal in the ice skating event with an explosive out-course spurt in the men's 1,000m. Lim Jong-eon stayed at the bottom of the final race and won the bronze medal with a thrilling match-winning move that instantly beat the Canadian and Latvian players in the final corner.

The women's curling team (Kim Eun-ji, Kim Min-ji, Kim Su-ji, Seol Ye-eun, Seol Ye-ji) lost to the U.S. 4-8 in the first round of the round robin, but beat host Italy 7-2 in the second round, recording a 1-1 record. Jung Dae-yoon failed to advance to the next round, staying 19th in the men's freestyle ski moggle first final. Lee Yoon-seung, who participated together, also left a regret by failing to qualify. Jung Dae-yoon will try again in the men's dual moggle on the 15th.

With the Korean team's relentless challenge across the snow and ice filling Milan's night with gold expectations, another "decision day" has been predicted to determine the medal landscape.

First, at 10:05 p.m. on the 13th, the women's curling team, which gained momentum by defeating the host country Italy, will face off against the strong British in the preliminary round to open the match. If he wins the match against England, he will cross the eighth ridge to advance to the semifinal tournament.

From 3 a.m. on the 14th, Lee Chae-woon, the "signal" of the snowboard men's halfpipe, will play in the final to prepare for a historical emergency. Lee Chae-woon, who passed the preliminary round in ninth place, inherits the energy of Choi Ga-on, who won the gold medal earlier, and challenges the myth that it is the first men's and women's medal in Korean snowboarding history with his trademark "Double Cock Spin." It is expected to recreate the "Miracle of Liviño" once again with its overwhelming height against gravity and perfect landing without shaking.

At the same time, Cha Jun-hwan, the "Figure Prince" who entered the medal range by ranking sixth in the short program, foreshadows the best performance of his life in men's free skating. Cha Jun-hwan's unique lyrical and intense expression, which will pour out all his energy as well as high-level programs including more than two types of quadruple jumps, is expected to be a powerful card that will capture art scores beyond technical scores.

In addition, skeleton's Jung Seung-ki and Kim Ji-soo will also play in the men's 3rd and 4th final runs to aim for the finale of a great reversal. The direction of the medal is expected to be determined by how perfectly the two athletes, who have adapted to the track through the first and second runs, target the optimal line in the sled war on ice, which does not allow even a moment's mistake. The whole nation's attention is expected to be focused on the expectation of a series of victories by the South Korean team, which will continue from the night of the 13th to the dawn of the next day.

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