Korea's first 'Snowboard Cross' → Beautiful last place... Woo Soo-bin, the players who came in first gave me a warm hug' [Milan Olympics]

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Woo Soo-bin (23), who participated in the snowboard cross at the Winter Olympics for the first time as a Korean player, ran a meaningful race. He was the last to cross the finish line, but his rivals gave him a warm hug.

Woo Soo-bin was the latest to cross the finish line after sliding in the middle of the race in the women's snowboard cross round of 16 at the "2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics" at Lvigno Snowpark in Italy on the 13th (local time).

Woo Soo-bin, who received "DNF (Did Not Finish)," finished the tournament by failing to advance to the round of 16 where the first and second place in each group rose.

Snowboarding is largely divided into halfpipe, slopestyle, big air, speed-contested parallel competitions, and snowboard crosses. Snowboard Cross is a race on tracks with jumps, moguls and wide curves, and was first adopted as an official event at the 2006 Torino Games.

Woo Soo-bin ranked 29th out of 32 with 1:19:90 in the first round of the seed allocation match and 9th out of 12 with 1:17:82 in the second round, advancing to the round of 16 with 29th place in the final ranking.

However, they failed to advance to the round of 16 after being beaten by Julia Nirani of France, Stacey Gaskill of the U.S., and Lisa Francesca Boirai of Italy, who had good performances even before the seed match.

The start was good, but the gap widened shortly afterwards, and he slipped in the process of landing on the slope after the jump when he was pulling the reins to catch up. Woo Soo-bin, who got up again and crossed the finish line late, received a warm hug from the players who passed first. The final result was DNF, but Woo Soo-bin, who showed his Olympic spirit, was also applauded by fans.

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