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Jung Hye-sun snags Korea's only luge spot at the Winter Olympics

Korea was poised to miss out on participating in the luge event at the Olympic Games. Then, Jung Hye-sun, who previously missed two straight Olympics due to injuries and a crash during qualifications, secured the country’s only spot for the event.

2026.1.28

Korea's Kim So-yoon is competing in the luge team relay at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Pyeongchang, Gangwon on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Korea luge team takes fourth at Gangwon Youth Olympics

The mixed team of Kim So-yoon, Kim Bo-keun, Kim Ha-yoon and Bae Jae-song finished with a time of 2 minutes and 32.910 seconds to place fourth in the luge final in Pyeongchang, Gangwon.

2024.1.23

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Aileen Christina Frisch of Korea reacts after her third run at the National Sliding Centre in Beijing on Tuesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Frisch finishes women's luge in 19th place

Korea's Aileen Christina Frisch finished in 19th place in the women's luge on Tuesday night, making it into the top 20 to complete in all four runs of the competition.

2022.2.9

Aileen Christina Frisch in action during the second run of the women's luge competition at the National Sliding Centre in Beijing on Monday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Frisch lands in 21st place after first two women's luge runs

Korea's Aileen Christina Frisch landed in 21st place after the first two runs of the women's singles luge competition at Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Beijing on Monday night.

2022.2.8

Lim Nam-kyu in action during men's singles training at National Sliding Center in Beijing on Friday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Lim completes three Olympic luge runs despite recent injury

Korea's Lim Nam-kyu finished his three runs in the men's luge on Saturday and Sunday despite suffering a potentially career-ending injury when his sled flipped during training last month.

2022.2.6

Park Jin-yong and Cho Jung-myung compete action during the first run of the doubles event at the Eberspacher Luge World Cup in Sigulda, Latvia on Jan. 8. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

[ROAD TO BEIJING] Luge

Three lugers, Park Jin-young, Cho Jung-myung and Lim Nam-kyu, will represent Korea in the men’s luge events at the Beijing Games.

2022.1.31

Slip and slide

Park Jin-yong, front, and Cho Jung-myung speeds down the course during the men's double-seater luge competition at the Eberspacher Luge World Cup in Sigulda, Latvia on Saturday. The pair finished 13th out of 23 teams on Sunday.

2022.1.10

Laying low

Park Jin-yong, front, and Cho Jung-myung speed down the course during the men luge double-seater competition of the Eberspaecher 5th World Cup at the Olympia Eiskanal in Innsbruck, Austria, on Saturday.

2021.12.19

Luging duo

Korean lugers Cho Jung-myung, left, and Park Jin-yong compete in a men's doubles event during a 2021-22 FIL Luge World Cup stage, at the Sanki Sliding Centre in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia on Saturday. The team finished 13th.

2021.11.28