Korean athletes at the Winter Olympics enter Milan... Consul General Choi Tae-ho in Milan welcomes Korean Council

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The main team of the South Korean team participating in the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics arrived in Italy on the 31st with the Korean national flag at the forefront.

The main team of the 45-member team, including Lee Soo-kyung, head of the team, left Incheon International Airport on the 30th. Thirty-eight ice events entered Milan on a direct flight, and seven sled events traveled to Cortina d'Ampezzo via Paris.

Women's speed skating Park Ji-woo and men's short track Lee Jun-seo, who are the flag bearers for entering the country, came out to the arrival hall with the Korean national flag. Following this, other teams stepped on the Italian soil with a bright expression.

Consul General Choi Tae-ho and the Korean Association visited the arrival hall to welcome the team.

The team plans to enter the Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo athletes' villages, respectively, and start the tournament schedule in earnest after adjusting to the local area.

The Winter Olympics will be held for 17 days until the 22nd, starting with the opening ceremony on February 6 at the San Siro Olympic Stadium in Milan, Italy. More than 2,900 athletes from 90 National Olympic Committee (NOC) will participate in the competition for 116 gold medals in 8 sports and 16 sub-sports.

The South Korean team has 130 players, including 71 players, six more than at the Beijing Games four years ago. The goal is to rank 10th in the overall rankings with three gold medals at the forefront.

South Korea ranked fifth (gold 6, silver 6, bronze 2) at the 2010 Vancouver Games, the highest ever, and entered the top 10 five times. In the previous 2022 Beijing Games, he ranked 14th (Gold 2, Silver 5, Bronze 2).

The first game of the Korean team is the curling mix double, in which Kim Sun-young (Gangneung City Hall) and Jung Young-seok (Gangwon Provincial Office) will compete on February 4.

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