South Korea wins 7 golds on first day of medal race in Asian Winter Games

By Candice Kim Posted : February 8, 2025, 17:48 Updated : February 8, 2025, 20:14
South Korean athletes pose with medals after winning the mixed 2,000m relay event at the Heilongjiang Ice Training Center in Harbin, China, during the 2025 Asian Winter Games, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2025. Yonhap
SEOUL, February 08 (AJP) - South Korean athletes made a strong showing on the first day of the medal race in the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games on Saturday. 

The country won seven gold, five silver and seven bronze medals, taking second place in the medal standings after China, which captured eight gold, eight silver, and four bronze medals.

Park Ji-won claimed silver in the men's 500m behind China's Rin Xiaojun, while Jang Sung-woo took bronze. Park had earlier won gold in both the mixed relay and men's 1,500m.

In other events, Lee Seung-hoon secured South Korea's first-ever freestyle skiing gold in the men's halfpipe, while Lee Na-hyun edged out Kim Min-sun in the women's 100m speed skating. Lee Chae-woon added another gold in the men's snowboard slopestyle with a score of 90 points, with Kang Dong-hun taking bronze.

Kim So-hui earned silver in the women's alpine skiing slalom, and Kim Kyeong-ae and Sung Ji-hoon claimed silver in mixed doubles curling. Jung Yu-jin won bronze in the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe, marking South Korea's first medal in the discipline by a female athlete.

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