Kim Yun-ji of Korea competes within the girls’s para biathlon particular person sitting occasion on the Winter Paralympics at Tesero Cross-Nation Snowboarding Stadium in Tesero, northern Italy, Sunday. Yonhap
Kim Yun-ji turned the primary Korean lady to win a Winter Paralympic gold medal Sunday.
Kim gained the ladies’s particular person sitting title in para biathlon of the 2026 Winter Olympics at Tesero Cross-Nation Snowboarding Stadium in Tesero, northern Italy, on Sunday.
She completed her competitors in 38:00.01, 12.8 seconds forward of Anja Wicker of Germany. Kendall Gretsch of the USA took the bronze in 38:47.9.
This was Korea’s first Winter Paralympics gold medal since 2018 and in addition the nation’s first at an away Winter Paralympics.
The para biathlon occasion combines cross-country snowboarding and taking pictures over 12.5 kilometers. Athletes every had 4 taking pictures periods, taking 5 photographs in every, and every miss added a minute to their time.
Kim went an ideal 5-for-5 in her first taking pictures cease. She missed her goal twice within the subsequent cease to fall to fifth place, however then hit her subsequent 10 photographs throughout the ultimate two taking pictures periods.
