Kim, with pushers Kim Hyeong-geun and Kim Seon-uk and brakeman Lee Geon-woo, posted a combined time of 1 minute, 49.50 seconds on Saturday (Korean time) at the Cortina Sliding Center in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, ranking eighth among 27 teams.
The team was eighth in Heat 1 in 54.60 seconds and recorded the sixth-fastest time in Heat 2 at 54.90.
In the same event, the South Korean sled piloted by Seok Yeong-jin, with Lee Do-yoon, Jeon Su-hyeon and Chae Byeong-do, is 23rd after two heats in 1:50.73.
In four-man bobsled, the final standings are determined by the combined time across four runs.
Kim’s team previously won bronze in the four-man event at the IBSF World Cup season opener in November on this Olympic track.
Heats 3 and 4, which will decide the final results, begin at 6 p.m. Feb. 22.
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