Biathlon Kim Yun-ji wrote 'Again' a new Korea history for the South Korean Winter Paralympics.

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Kim Yun-ji (20, BDH Paras) has rewritten the history of sports for the disabled in Korea. Following the first Korean female athlete to win a Winter Paralympic medal, she also set a record for the first multi-medal by a female athlete and the most medals ever in a single competition.

Kim Yun-ji ranked second with a time of 26:51.6 in the women's cross-country skiing at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Paralympics at Cross Country Stadium in Tessero, Italy on the 11th (Korea time).

Kim Yun-ji, who earlier became the first Korean female athlete to win the Winter Paralympic medal in the biathlon women's 12.5km individual, also won a silver medal in the women's sprint sitting the day before. Furthermore, he won his third medal in this competition alone through this cross-country ski interval start event.

Previously, South Korean athletes' best record in a single Winter Paralympic Games was one gold and one bronze by Shin Eui-hyun (BDH Paras) during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympics. Kim Yun-ji broke Shin Eui-hyun's record (two) to win the most medals in a single event, marking a milestone in the history of the South Korean Winter Paralympics.

In the cross-country ski interval start, where Kim Yun-ji won her third medal in the competition, athletes start at 30-second intervals and measure the record by going four times over the 2.5km course. Kim Yun-ji was in crisis after falling with one last lap left, but crossed the finish line with a 36-second difference to third place.

Kim Yun-ji will challenge for the "two gold medals in the competition" through the tracking of biathlon sprints on the 13th. This is also the first history in Korean history.

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