'I'll do it' Kim Sang-gyeom, 'Seven Olympics + Home Course' He's 46-year-old veteran and going to the semifinals... I'll win a medal instead of Lee Sangho [Milan Olympics]

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It was a surprising result as much as the shocking elimination of "Cabbage Boy" Lee Sang-ho (31, Nexen Wingard). Kim Sang-gyeom (37, High1), beat the first place in the preliminary round to advance to the semifinals.

Kim Sang-gyeom ran on the blue course in the quarterfinals of the men's parallel snowboarding competition at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics at Lvigno Snowpark in Italy on the 8th, beating Roland Fischnaller (46, Italy) in 43.24 seconds to reach the semifinals.

Kim Sang-gyeom joined the round of 16 in eighth place in the preliminary round and advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Gian Kosir (42, Slovenia), who passed in ninth place.

Kosir, who is competing in the Olympics for the fifth time, passed the preliminary round with better performance as a veteran of Gwanrok, who holds one silver and two bronze medals, but it was not easy to see Kim Sang-gyeom as a top dog.

However, Kim Sang-gyeom, who was behind by 0.09 seconds in the first section, crossed the finish line without difficulty while Kosir lost his balance and collapsed ahead of the second record check section, and Kosir finished the race without completing it.

Kim Sang-gyeom said, "The next opponent was trickier. Fischnaller, who finished first in the preliminary round. This is the seventh Olympics and he was a fishman riding a home course.

There was a variable. Fischnaller chose the red course. Although the blue course is known to be advantageous, there were not a few players who won the red course, and Fischnaller, who had a better record and had a course option, changed the course boldly, unlike the round of 16.

In the first course, Kim Sang-gyeom was pushed back by 0.15 seconds, but he chased closely ahead of the second record measurement section and succeeded in reversing by 0.06 seconds, beating Fischnaller, who lost his balance and left the course.

Kim Sang-gyeom roared and expressed joy in disbelief. In the semifinals, he will face Terbel Zampirov (21, Bulgaria), eighth in the preliminary round, his first participation in the Olympics.

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