South Korea’s national bobsleigh team wrapped up the country’s final event of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics with an eighth-place finish in the men’s four-man race.
The South Korean sled piloted by Kim Jin-su, with Kim Hyeong-geun, Kim Seon-uk and Lee Geon-woo, placed eighth on Saturday (Korea time) at the Cortina Sliding Center in Italy, based on combined times from four heats.
Kim’s crew posted a total of 2 minutes, 44.25 seconds over the first three heats, advancing to the fourth and final run reserved for the top 20 teams among 27 countries. Kim competed as a brakeman at the 2022 Beijing Games and reached the top 10 in his first Olympics as a pilot.
A second South Korean sled, piloted by Seok Young-jin, finished 23rd after three heats and did not qualify for the final run. The race marked the last competition for the South Korean delegation at these Olympics.
Germany swept the medals. Johannes Lochner’s team, which won gold in the two-man event, also took four-man gold to claim a second title at the Games. Francesco Friedrich’s team earned silver again after taking silver in the two-man race. Switzerland’s Michael Vogt won bronze.
Germany finished the Games with six gold medals across sliding events — bobsleigh, luge and skeleton.
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