'Jeong Jae-won won two bronze medals' Asian Cup Mountain Ski Championship and National Mountain Ski Championship

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The Korea Mountain Federation announced on the 8th that it held the "2026 ISMF Asian Cup Mountain Ski Competition and the 23rd Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Governor's Cup National Mountain Ski Competition" at Mona Yongpyeong Rainbow 2 Slope in Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon State for two days from the 7th.

Mountain skiing is a comprehensive mountain sport in which skis are repeatedly trekked, climbed, and downhill in snowy mountainous terrain. A sprint event is a race that completes a track consisting of one uphill-kickton-walking-down, and a vertical event starts simultaneously from the start line and determines the ranking in the order of fastest passing through a single uphill section.

About 150 athletes from six Asian countries, including Mongolia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Thailand, and South Korea, participated in the competition. On March 7, the first day of the competition, the opening ceremony and vertical events were held, and on the last day, March 8, the awards ceremony and closing ceremony were held along with the sprint event.

The competition was divided into two categories: △ Sprint △ Vertical, and was divided into men's and women's senior and U20 (under 20). As a result of the match, China won the vertical and sprint senior categories, while Japan won the vertical and sprint U20 categories. In particular, South Korea's Jung Jae-won took the podium, ranking third in the men's senior sprint and vertical events, respectively.

The competition was co-hosted by the International Mountaineering Federation (ISMF), the Asian Mountaineering Federation, Gangwon State, and the Korean Mountaineering Federation and organized by the Korea Mountaineering Association. It was officially sponsored by North Face, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the National Sports Promotion Agency, the Korea Sports Council, and the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Sports Council participated as sponsoring organizations. It was also sponsored by Mona Yongpyong, Trango, Biorutics and Red Bull.

Cho Jwa-jin, chairman of the Korea Mountain Federation, said, "I think the Asian Cup held in Korea has been a meaningful place for athletes from Asian countries to exchange with their best skills," adding, "We ask for a lot of interest in the sport and expanding the base of mountain skiing in Korea in the future."

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