South Korea’s Jeong Seung-gi (27, Gangwon Provincial Office) and Hong Su-jeong (25, Gyeonggi Sports Association) placed 11th in the Olympic mixed team skeleton event, which was introduced at these Games.
Jeong and Hong posted a combined time of 2 minutes, 1.45 seconds on Feb. 16 (Korea time) at the Cortina Sliding Center in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, finishing 11th among 15 teams in the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics.
In the mixed team event, the women’s run is followed by the men’s run, with the two times added for the final standings.
Hong led off with a 0.13-second start reaction time, the fastest among the women. She lost speed after hitting the wall on the second curve but otherwise completed a clean run in 1:01.84.
Jeong followed with a 0.19-second start reaction and stayed steady through the third curve, but his sled slowed in the later section. He finished in 59.61 seconds.
South Korea’s total was 2.09 seconds behind gold medalists Britain — Tabitha Stoecker and Matt Weston — who won in 1:59.36.
Hong wore a tiger-themed helmet and Jeong wore one inspired by a turtle ship. After the race, they bowed deeply toward the broadcast camera to mark the Lunar New Year holiday.
The result wrapped up South Korea’s skeleton schedule at the Games. In the earlier individual events, Hong placed 22nd in the women’s race, while Jeong and Kim Ji-su (32, Gangwon Provincial Office) finished 10th and 16th in the men’s race, respectively.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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