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With the opening of the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics imminent, sports companies and foreign media around the world are paying attention to Yoo Seung-eun (18, Lotte Ski & Snowboard Team, Yongin Sungbok), an 18-year-old Korean snowboard girl. Beyond simple prospects, he has joined the "Winning Candidate Group," which is on par with the world's top players, raising the possibility of becoming the main character of this tournament.
According to multiple sports betting companies, including Greece-based Betano and Malta-based Unibet, Yoo Seung-eun's winning dividend rate in the women's snowboard big air event is falling sharply and settling at the top. As of the 4th, Yoo Seung-eun has a gold medal winning dividend of around 7 times, chasing existing strong players such as Mia Brooks (UK, 5 times) and Murase Kokomo (Japan, 5.5 times). He is listed in the top four gold medal contenders.
In particular, European-based betting analysis experts rated Yoo Seung-eun as "the highest value (high-value) underdog" and analyzed that her technical difficulty was sufficient to stand at the top of the podium. In particular, it is widely believed that the women's big air event at the Olympics is so fierce that there is no strong candidate for the gold medal.
This is why Yoo Seung-eun's recent rise is reflected. Yoo Seung-eun won a silver medal at the Steam Boat World Cup Big Air held in the U.S. in December last year, and her aerial spinning skills are considered world-class. In particular, it has been verified by continuing to rank at the top of the world rankings in the FIS (International Ski Federation) Big Air section this season.
In fact, Yoo Seung-eun's bid for the Olympics is a drama in itself. Despite suffering a series of fatal injuries such as ankle ankle ankle fracture, elbow dislocation, and wrist fracture over the past year, he showed off his amazing performance of winning Korea's first World Cup silver medal after rehabilitation. This is the first time for a Korean snowboard big air athlete.
At that time, Yoo Seung-eun was only 0.75 points apart from the then winner, Miyabi Onitsuka (Japan). The official website of the Olympics noted this and interpreted it as "a split-second difference."
Yoo Seung-eun's challenge to Korea's first Olympic gold medal in snow sports will begin in earnest starting with the Big Air qualifying round on the 8th. The world's attention is being paid to whether he can be reborn as a "real champion" beyond a "surprise candidate."
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