Winter Paralympics Korea's first 女 gold medal ever... Biathlon Kim Yunji's "New History"

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Kim Yoon-ji (19, BDH Paras), a major sports star for the disabled, has written a new history of the Korean Winter Paralympics.

Kim Yun-ji clocked 38 minutes 00 seconds 1 in the women's individual sitting 12.5km at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Paralympics at Cross Country Stadium in Tessero, Italy, on the 8th (Korea time), beating Anja Bicker (Germany) and others to the top of the podium.

As a result, Kim Yun-ji became the first Korean female athlete to ever win a medal at the Winter Paralympics, decorating the history with "gold."

Earlier, during the 2010 Vancouver Games, Kang Mi-sook won a silver medal in the wheelchair curling mixed four-man event, but this is the first time that an individual event winner has come out.

It is the first time in eight years that a South Korean athlete has won a gold medal at the Winter Paralympics since Shin Eui-hyun, a cross-country event, at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. Kim Yun-ji is the first gold medalist at the Winter Paralympics.

Kim Yun-ji drew attention by ranking fourth despite shooting mistakes in the 7.5km biathlon sprint on the 7th. In the end, the 12.5km event, which was the second race, made a new history in the Korean Winter Paralympics.

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