South Korea’s Hong Su-jeong Places 22nd in Women’s Skeleton at Milan-Cortina Olympics

South Korea’s Hong Su-jeong finished 22nd in her first Olympic women’s skeleton individual event. [Photo=Yonhap·Reuters]

South Korea’s Hong Su-jeong (Gyeonggi Federation) placed 22nd in her first Olympic women’s skeleton individual event.

Hong posted a four-run total of 3 minutes, 54.73 seconds on Saturday (Korea time) at the Cortina Sliding Center in Italy in the women’s skeleton at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics.

The only South Korean women’s skeleton athlete in the field, Hong finished 22nd out of 25 competitors.

She clocked 58.88 seconds in the first run and 58.45 in the second. She looked to cut time in runs three and four but did not make a major move, posting 58.73 and 58.67, respectively.

Austria’s Janine Flock won gold in 3:49.02. Germany’s Susanne Kreher took silver in 3:49.32, and Germany’s Jacqueline Pfeifer won bronze in 3:49.46.

* This article has been translated by AI.

Kang Sang Heon ksh@ajunews.com