Yoo Seung-eun, the 'first Korea no-board medal in South Korea,' will participate in the Milan → domestic competition. 3rd place in the Winter Sports Festival

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Yoo Seung-eun (Sungbok High School), who made history by winning the first medal in Korean women's snowboarding at the 2026 Milan/Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, continued her push.

Yoo Seung-eun ranked third with 55.00 points in the final round of the women's under-18 snowboard freestyle halfpipe at the 107th National Winter Sports Festival held at Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province on the 25th.

Heo Young-hyun (Woonam High School) scored 82.00 points to win the event, while Choi Seo-woo (Inil Girls' High School) ranked second with 76.00 points. Kim Geun-young (Gwangnam High School, 40.00 points) was ranked fourth.

At the Olympics, which ended just two days ago, Yoo Seung-eun made a new history of Korean snowboarding. In the women's big air final, she scored 171.00 points and won the bronze medal, building the gold tower of being the first Olympic medalist for a Korean female ski and snowboarder.

Yoo Seung-eun, who achieved the feat of being the first big air medal in Olympic history, will receive a 100 million won reward from the Korea Ski and Snowboard Association. Based on the full support of Lotte Group, the association has finalized the reward regulations for 300 million won in gold, 200 million won in silver, and 100 million won in bronze.

Although the main event is Big Air, Yoo Seung-eun has also shown overwhelming performance in the halfpipe event of the Winter Sports Festival. He topped the under-16s for the second consecutive year in 2022 and 2023, and also won the under-18s last year with 83.50 points.

Meanwhile, the half-pipe event was held with Choi Ga-on (Sehwa Girls' High School), a gold medalist at the Milan Olympics, absent due to injury.

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