The humiliation of the World Cup winner... Snowboarder Lee Sang-ho, 46-year-old veteran, took the knee in the round of 16 [Milan Olympics]

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"Cabbage Boy" Lee Sang-ho (31, Nexen-Wingard), who expected a performance beyond the silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, was held back in the round of 16.

Lee Sang-ho ran on the blue course in the round of 16 of the men's parallel snowboarding competition at the 2026 Milan/Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics at Lvigno Snowpark in Italy on the 8th, but crossed the finish line 0.17 seconds behind Andreas Frommeger (46, Austria) with a 43.29 second shot.

The snowboard parallel competition is a one-on-one match in which two athletes start simultaneously on two parallel writing courses (blue and red). In the preliminary round, the two courses were alternately run and the records were summed up to determine the ranking, but from the round of 16, it was a single match, and Lee Sang-ho dropped his head to the record of a 46-year-old veteran who has competed in six Olympics.

It was Lee Sang-ho, who seemed to be the closest to South Korea's 400th Olympic medal in both the East and the Summer.

Lee Sang-ho, who won the silver medal in this event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games and won the first medal in Korean snow events, was desperate four years ago in Beijing, losing by a hair in the quarterfinals even after passing the preliminary round.

The result is all the more regrettable as he suffered a fracture in his left wrist early last year and focused on rehabilitation, beating Roland Fischnaller (46, Italy) by 0.24 seconds in the final of the men's parallel Alpine competition at the 2025-2026 International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup held in Rogla, Slovenia, on the 31st of last month.

Lee Sang-ho, who passed the preliminary round in sixth place, will face 11th-ranked Frommeger. Lee Sang-ho, who reached the round of 16 in a higher ranking, chose the blue course. Lee Sang-ho, who trailed by 0.08 seconds in the beginning, accelerated his pace after the middle and turned the tables by 0.05 seconds, raising expectations.

However, after the middle part, he was briefly pushed by the opponent's seasoned race and eventually accepted the painful result.

Kim Sang-gyeom (37, High1), who did not expect it, stood out. Kim Sang-gyeom, who joined the round of 16 in eighth place in the preliminary round, faced Gian Kosir (42, Slovenia), who passed the preliminary round in ninth place. Going to his fifth Olympics, he was a veteran of the club, holding a silver medal and two bronze medals.

However, is it because Kosir was embarrassed by Kim Sang-gyeom's fierce pursuit, who was behind by 0.09 seconds in the first section. Kosir lost his balance and collapsed ahead of the second record check section. Kim Sang-gyeom crossed the finish line without difficulty and Koshir finished the game without completing it.

Kim Sang-kyum will face Fischnaller, who is ranked first in the preliminary round and will compete in the seventh Olympics, in the quarterfinals scheduled for 10:03 a.m. soon.

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