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Korean bobsleigh teams finish outside top 10 in 2-man race

Published: 18 Feb. 2026, 13:03

Kim Jin-su and Kim Hyeong-geun of Korea compete in the third run of the two-man bobsleigh competition at the Winter Olympics at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortain d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 17. [YONHAP]

Both Korean teams competing in the two-man bobsleigh at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics finished outside the top 10 on Tuesday.

Pilot Kim Jin-su and brakeman Kim Hyeong-geun finished in 13th place with a time of 3:43.60 after four runs at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. They were 3.9 seconds behind the gold medal duo of Johannes Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer of Germany, who finished with 3:39.70.

The Korean duo sat in 12th place after the first two runs on Monday with a time of 1:51.69, and they posted times of 55.90 and 56.01 seconds in their final two runs.

Pilot Suk Young-jin and brakeman Chae Byung-do ended in 19th place with a time of 3:44.61. They were in 19th place at the halfway mark with a time of 1:52.50 and ended up in the same spot after going 56.03 seconds and then 56.08 seconds in their final two runs.

Both Korean pilots will participate in the four-man race starting Saturday.

Germany swept the podium, as Francesco Friedrich and Alexander Schuller finished second at 3:41.04 and Adam Ammour and Alexander Schaller ended in third place at 3:41.52.

Yonhap