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Korean teams rank 8th, 23rd after first two runs of 4-man bobsleigh event

Published: 22 Feb. 2026, 10:24

The Korean bobsleigh team piloted by Kim Jin-su, front, celebrates after completing the second run in the four-man bobsleigh event at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 21. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Two Korean teams both sat outside contention at the halfway mark of the four-man bobsleigh event at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday.

A team piloted by Kim Jin-su ranked in eighth place after the first two runs with a time of 1:49.50 at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina o Italy. Italy.

Kim, his pushmen Kim Sun-wook and Kim Hyeong-geun and brakeman Lee Geon-u posted a time of 54.60 seconds in the first run and 54.90 seconds in the second.

Two more runs on Sunday, the last day of the Olympics, will determine the final standings.

Kim's team won a World Cup bronze medal at the same Cortina track in November of last year, raising hopes for Korea's second-ever medal in bobsleigh after a four-man silver medal in 2018.

However, Germany proved too much for anyone on Saturday.

One German team, piloted by Johannes Lochner, was in first place after the two runs at 1:48.61. Francesco Friedrich, the two-time defending champion from Germany, piloted his team to second place at 1:49.04. A third German team led by Adam Ammour was in third place at 1:49.20.

One Korean team in action, piloted by Suk Young-jin, finished in 23rd place with a time of 1:50.73. Suk, Chae Byung-do, Chun Su-hyun and Lee Do-yun went 55.51 seconds in the first run and 55.22 seconds in the second run.

Yonhap