S. Korea adds two silver medals on final day of 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics
- 6 years ago
During the 17-day run... there was no let-up in the sporting action -- with some finals also taking place on the last day of the Olympics.
Team Korea added two medals in disciplines, something, never seen before in an Olympics.
Kim Min-ji with details.
South Korea added two historic medals to its tally on the final day of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
In the 4-man bobsleigh, the Korean team,... piloted by Won Yun-jong,... won the silver,... becoming the first Asian bobsledders to stand on the medal podium.
After four heats, they posted a combined time of 3 minutes 16-point-3-8 seconds,... tying for second place with a German team led by Nico Walther.
It's a discipline that none expected would result in a medal -- South Korea going in with an international ranking of 50th.
The gold went to another German team... piloted by Francesco Friedrich.
In women's curling,... which has become a must-see event in the country... thanks to the South Korean team's stellar performance in the round robins,...
Team Korea also clinched silver -- the country's first Olympic medal in that discipline.
In the final against Sweden,... the quartet,... led by skipper Kim Eun-jung,... was losing eight to three after the ninth end and decided to concede.
Despite having beaten Sweden in the round robins,... the Koreans couldn't close the gap.
Japan won the bronze in a match against Great Britain.
As for medal standings, Norway came out on top with 14 gold, 14 silver and 11 bronze... followed by Germany and Canada.
South Korea ranked seventh,... with five gold,... eight silver and four bronze.
Team Korea fell short of its target of finishing in fourth place... but still was able to grab its biggest-ever haul of Winter Olympic medals -- 17 in the end.
It was also able to expand the number of disciplines in which it won medals to six -- from the previous best of three.
Kim Min-ji, Arirang News.
Team Korea added two medals in disciplines, something, never seen before in an Olympics.
Kim Min-ji with details.
South Korea added two historic medals to its tally on the final day of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
In the 4-man bobsleigh, the Korean team,... piloted by Won Yun-jong,... won the silver,... becoming the first Asian bobsledders to stand on the medal podium.
After four heats, they posted a combined time of 3 minutes 16-point-3-8 seconds,... tying for second place with a German team led by Nico Walther.
It's a discipline that none expected would result in a medal -- South Korea going in with an international ranking of 50th.
The gold went to another German team... piloted by Francesco Friedrich.
In women's curling,... which has become a must-see event in the country... thanks to the South Korean team's stellar performance in the round robins,...
Team Korea also clinched silver -- the country's first Olympic medal in that discipline.
In the final against Sweden,... the quartet,... led by skipper Kim Eun-jung,... was losing eight to three after the ninth end and decided to concede.
Despite having beaten Sweden in the round robins,... the Koreans couldn't close the gap.
Japan won the bronze in a match against Great Britain.
As for medal standings, Norway came out on top with 14 gold, 14 silver and 11 bronze... followed by Germany and Canada.
South Korea ranked seventh,... with five gold,... eight silver and four bronze.
Team Korea fell short of its target of finishing in fourth place... but still was able to grab its biggest-ever haul of Winter Olympic medals -- 17 in the end.
It was also able to expand the number of disciplines in which it won medals to six -- from the previous best of three.
Kim Min-ji, Arirang News.