[breaking news] Snowboard Kim Sang Gyeom made a mistake! The 400th medal of the Korea is silver, and the second victory in the parallel competition.

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It was an unexpected result for anyone. Kim Sang-gyeom (37, High1), did the difficult thing.

Kim Sang-gyeom crossed the finish line in 44.41 seconds, 0.19 seconds behind Benjamin Karl of Austria, in the men's parallel snowboarding competition at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics held at Lvigno Snowpark in Italy on the 8th.

Lee Sang-ho (31, Nexen-Wingard) won a silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, giving him the first Olympic medal in Korean snow events, and made his name in history as the only medalist in Korean snow events.

Kim Sang-gyeom, who gave Korea its first medal at this year's event, became the main character of South Korea's 400th Olympic medal in both the East and Summer.

Kim Sang-gyeom, who passed the preliminary round in eighth place, completely recovered the pain of Lee Sang-ho, the star of the Korean snowboard parallel competition,'s elimination from the round of 16. According to the Korea Sports Association, Kim Sang-gyeom said before the competition, "The goal is to win first place. I have prepared without regret for the past four years and I will show you the results of the process," he said, expressing his confident determination, but he became the protagonist of an unusual event that no one thought of.

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, who was in the semifinals, once again started the race on the blue course. Kim Sang-gyeom, who was pushed back to 0.21 seconds on the first course, succeeded in turning the tables by 0.03 seconds on the second course and succeeded in the final by winning once again until the last course.

I met the last king in the final. Carl, who will compete in his fifth Olympics, is trying to win his second consecutive gold medal as the 2022 Beijing Games gold medalist.

Karl chose the red course once again. Kim Sang-gyeom lost his balance in the market and trailed the first course with 0.17 seconds, and later chased by 0.04 seconds. He did his best, but eventually fell behind by 0.19 seconds and became the winner of the silver medal. Karl enjoyed two consecutive victories.

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