The Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina d’Ampezzo, where 89 of the 116 gold medals have been returned to their owners, are nearing the end of the competition.
Among the top three Asian powers, Korea is doing well while Japan is advancing and China has fallen.
Reporter Kim Dong-min reports.
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South Korea has 2 gold medals, 2 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals, which is similar to the gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze, and 2 bronze medals it won at the last Beijing Winter Olympics.
However, there are still highly anticipated events such as the men’s short track relay and the women’s 1,500m, and if we win just one more gold medal, we will reach our goal of three gold medals.
Above all, the medals that had been focused on short track and speed skating were expanded to snowboarding, a snow sport, and two teenagers competed in the Olympics for the first time and even won medals, so the prospects are bright.
[최가온 : 아직까지 그렇게 먼 목표를 생각하지 않았지만 앞으로 더 열심히 노력해서 좋은 기술 많이 보여드리고 싶습니다.]
Japan won four of its five gold medals in snowboarding, but the prize-winning sports were diverse.
In addition to the gold medal in figure skating, she also won medals in ski jumping, speed skating, and freestyle skiing.
In terms of the number of medals, we are ranked 4th (22), a report card worthy of being a winter sports powerhouse with a strong base.
On the other hand, China, which ranked 4th overall at the last Beijing Olympics with 9 golds, 4 silvers, and 2 bronzes, fell.
There were no gold medals until the middle of the competition, but she managed to save face by winning gold medals in snowboarding and freestyle skiing.
There is a cool assessment that he performed poorly in freestyle skiing, where he won four golds in Beijing, and in short track, where he won two golds, and that the so-called ‘home effect’ has disappeared, so he is back to where he was.
With 89 of the 116 gold medals going to their winners, there are now 4 days left to play.
Attention is being paid to which country will emerge stronger in the last-minute spurt that will determine the final score of the Asian semifinals.
This is YTN Kim Dong-min.
YTN Kim Dong-min (kdongmin@ytn.co.kr)
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