'Skeleton Sign' Jung Seung-gi, 8th place on the first day, 'still has the 3rd and 4th period left.''... Veteran Kim Jisoo is 15th [the scene of Milan]

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Jung Seung-ki (Gangwon Provincial Government), the star of Korean skeleton, tied for 8th in the middle.

Jung Seung-gi tied for 8th among 24 players with a combined time of 1:53.22 in the first and second periods in the men's skeleton competition at the "2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics" held at the Cortina Sliding Center in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy on the 12th (local time).

Jung Seung-gi tied for 8th with the same record as Injeong and Lin Chin-wei (China).

The leader is Matt Weston of England, who ranks first in the IBSF World Cup rankings for two consecutive seasons from the 2023-2024 season and ranks first in the 2025-2026 season. The record is 1:52:09.

Axel Jung (Germany), the silver medalist at the 2022 Beijing Games, came in second with a time of 1:52.39 and Christopher Grothier (Germany), the gold medalist at the same event, came in third with a time of 1:52.55.

Jung was ninth with 56.57 seconds in the first period. Jung Seung-gi, who started with a time of 4.64 seconds, was 13th until the second section, but he became the final ninth due to his speed in the second and third sections. In particular, it passed section 4 at 124.82km/h.

In the second period, he broke the finish line with a time of 56.65 seconds. He is ranked 10th in terms of his record in the second period. As in the first period, the start record was 12th (4 seconds 61), but it accelerated in the final section. When passing through section 4, it was 125km/h faster than the first period.

Men's skeleton runs a total of four times and ranks by summing up the records from the first to fourth periods. By the third period, the top 20 players will be in the fourth period.

Jung Seung-ki will try to win a medal in the third and fourth periods on the 14th. He is 0.67 seconds behind Grothier in third place.

Yoon Sung-bin's gold medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games was the only medal won by the Korean skeleton at the Olympics. Jung Seung-ki, who was under the spotlight as a prospect to succeed Yoon Sung-bin, showed his potential by ranking 10th at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships, boasting world-class skills. Jung Seung-ki, who seriously injured his back during training for the 2024-2025 season, overcame the injury and rose back to his feet, ranking fifth in the first World Cup tournament of the 2025-2026 season.

Veteran Kim Ji-soo (Gangwon Provincial Office), who participated together, ranked 15th with a total of 1:54.15 in the first and second periods. Expectations are high on whether Kim Ji-soo, who ranked eighth at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, will make the top 10 on the Olympic stage for the first time in eight years.

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