What a shame! Korea made it to the top 10 in the 1st round.' Team Kim Jin-soo, the two-seater in bobsleigh, ranked 13th, and Team Seok Young-jin ranked 19th. "Germany is a gold, silver, and bronze sweep." [Milan Olympics]

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The Korean bobsleigh team Kim Jin-soo ranked 13th in the men's two-man event at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics.

Kim Jin-soo's team, consisting of pilot Kim Jin-soo and breakman Kim Hyung-geun (Gangwon Provincial Government), ranked 13th out of 20 teams with a combined time of 3:43.60 in the first to fourth bobsled men's two-seater at Cortina Sliding Center in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on the 18th (Korea time).

We got off to a good start. He marked 55:53 in the first period on the 16th, ranking fifth overall and raising expectations for entering the top 10. However, in the second period that followed, he finished 15th and fell to 12th place overall.

And in the third period (55 seconds 90) and the fourth period (56 seconds 01), the record gradually fell and the ranking fell one more place. In particular, in the final fourth period, the start record was 4.98 seconds, the lowest of the entire period.

The team consisting of pilot Seok Young-jin (Gangwon Provincial Office) and breakman Chae Byung-do (Catholic Kwandong University), finished in 19th place with a final total of 3:44:61.

After the two-seater schedule, the Korean national team will now compete in a four-seater competition. Lee Kun-woo and Kim Sun-wook (Gangwon Federation) will join Kim Jin-soo's team and Lee Do-yoon (Korea National Sports University) and Jeon Soo-hyun (Gangwon Federation) will join Seok Young-jin's team to try to hunt for the last medal.

Meanwhile, Germany, a "sledding powerhouse," continued to dominate this tournament. Following the 2022 Beijing Games, Germany swept all two men's two-seater gold, silver, and bronze medals.

The gold medal was won by Johannes Lohner-Geork Fleischauer, who clocked 3:39.70. Rohner, a silver medalist at the Beijing Games, won his first Olympic gold medal with this victory.

Francesco Friedrich, the "emperor" who was aiming for his third consecutive Olympic victory, crossed the finish line with 3:41:04 after working with Alexander Schuller to win the silver medal. Adam Amour-Alexander Schallazo then added a bronze medal, ending Germany's podium championship.

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