South Korean Paralympic prospect Kim Yun-ji, 19, made history by winning the first Winter Paralympic gold medal by a South Korean woman.
Kim won the women’s sitting biathlon sprint 12.5-kilometer race at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Paralympics on Saturday (Korea time) at the Tesero Cross-Country Stadium in Italy. She finished in 38 minutes, 00.1 seconds, beating Germany’s Anja Wicker to the line.
The gold was the first by a South Korean woman in an individual event in Winter Paralympic history.
It was also South Korea’s first Winter Paralympic gold in eight years, since Shin Eui-hyun won in cross-country skiing at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. The medal was South Korea’s first gold at an overseas Winter Paralympics.
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