Lee Eui-jin (Busan Metropolitan City Sports Council) and Han Da-som (Gyeonggi Provincial Government) were eliminated in qualifying for the women’s cross-country team sprint at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
The pair placed 23rd out of 26 teams with a combined time of 7:50.72 on Feb. 18 at the cross-country stadium in Tesero, Italy, missing the top 15 that advanced to the final.
In the team sprint qualifier, two skiers form a team and each races a course of about 1.5 kilometers once, with places decided by combined time. The top 15 teams move on, and the final is contested over three laps each, with results based on the combined time.
Han skied first for South Korea and posted 3:55.12, 46th overall. Lee followed with 3:55.59, 47th overall, leaving them outside the top 15 on aggregate.
In the final, Sweden’s Jonna Sundling and Maja Dahlqvist won gold in 20:29.99. Switzerland’s Nadja Kaelin and Nadine Faehndrich took silver in 20:31.39, and Germany’s Laura Gimmler and Coletta Rydzek won bronze in 20:35.86.
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