'The Bronze Medal' Yoo Seung-eun laughed even in 12th place! It's a Korea snowboard. "Renaissance". 金 銀銅's best 'beautiful beauty' [Milan Olympics]

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Yoo Seung-eun (Sungbok High School), who wrote a new history of Korean snowboarding, finished her second final stage at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics in 12th place. The additional medal was canceled, but the Korean snowboard finished the schedule with the best performance ever by harvesting all gold, silver, and bronze medals at this competition.

Yoo Seung-eun scored a total of 34.18 points in the first to third periods and was at the bottom of the 12 finalists in the women's slopestyle final at the Lvigno Snowpark in Italy on the 18th (local time).

Yoo Seung-eun, who gained momentum by winning a bronze medal in the big air event on the 10th, was mentioned as a strong candidate for a medal, finishing third (76.80 points) overall in the slopestyle qualifying round held on the 15th.

Although the final, which was originally scheduled to be held on the 17th, was postponed for a day due to heavy snow, frequent mistakes in practice left a regret.

Yoo Seung-eun got off to a shaky start with only 20.70 points in the first period in a way that determines the ranking with the highest score among a total of three opportunities. The second period, which was aimed at turning the tables, was also not fully digested with 34.18 points, and even the last third period was only 15.46 points due to mistakes in the initial section (rail course) and landing anxiety.

However, Yoo Seung-eun's footprint in this competition is clear. Not only was she the first Korean female athlete to compete in both big air and slopestyle events, but both events achieved the feat of advancing to the finals. In particular, Yoo Seung-eun is the first Korean male and female players to advance to the slopestyle finals. During the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, Lee Min-sik sought to participate in two events, but failed to achieve his goal due to injuries and elimination from the preliminary round.

The gold medal was won by Japan's Mari Fukada, who received 87.83 points. Joey Sadowski Sinut of New Zealand, who was aiming for the defending champion, won the silver medal with 87.48 points, a 0.35 point difference, and big air gold medalist Kokomo Murase of Japan won the bronze medal.

The Korean snowboard team, which finished the tournament's schedule after Yoo Seung-eun's match, has completely washed away the stigma of being a "snowteland."

Choi Ga-on (Sehwa Girls' High School) of the women's halfpipe won the gold medal, Kim Sang-gyeom (High1), a veteran of the men's parallel competition, won the silver medal, and Yoo Seung-eun added the Big Air bronze medal to complete the "Golden Silver Dong" trio. This is the most brilliant report card in Korean Olympic snowboarding history.

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