"Four sports fighting spirit." Cross-country Handa Som-Lee Eui-jin, 23rd place in the team sprint preliminaries... Olympic Journey 'Period' [Milan Olympics]

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Korea's women's cross-country skiing team Han Da-som (Gyeonggi Provincial Government) and Lee Eui-jin (Busan Sports Council) have completed all schedules for the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics. She failed to advance to the final in the women's team sprint free event, which was her last challenge.

Handasom-Lee Eui-jo crossed the finish line with a time of 7:50.72 after competing in the women's team sprint free qualifying match at the Tessero Cross Country Stadium in Italy on the 18th (local time).

This leaves the two ranked 23rd out of 26 teams. As a result, they failed to get a ticket to the final, which is only given to the top 15 teams, and suffered elimination from the preliminary round. The gap with 15th-ranked China (7:13:01), which was the last line to advance to the finals, is 37.71 seconds.

Sweden (Jonna Sundling-Maya Dalqvist) ranked first in the preliminary round with a time of 6:29.94. Finland and Canada then passed second and third places.

The event was the final stage of the Olympics for Han Da-som and Lee Eui-jin. The two athletes previously competed in three events: 10km + 10km skiathlon, sprint classical, and 10km free, and continued their march by participating in a total of four events, including this team's sprint free.

Meanwhile, the women's team sprint free final will be held at the same venue from 7:45 p.m. immediately after the end of the preliminary round.

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