Final Cancellation Kim Gun-hee, born in 2008, Snowboard Men's Halfpipe Lucky Gold Medal
Feb 13, 2025
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Kim Geon-hee won the gold medal in the men's halfpipe snowboard at the 2025 Harbin Winter Asian Games at Yaburi Ski Resort in China on the 13th. Luck followed. The final was called off due to strong winds. The medal was decided by the preliminary performance. Kim Gun-hee, who ranked first with 78 points in the preliminary round held the previous day, confirmed a surprise gold medal. Lee Ji-oh (17, Yangpyeong High School), who ranked third in the preliminary round, won the bronze medal. Halfpipe is a competition where you compete for aerial performance on an inclined semi-cylindrical slope.
At first, Lee Chae-woon (19, Suri High School) seemed likely to win two gold medals in 'Genius Snowboarder'. Lee Chae-woon won the gold medal in slopestyle on the 8th. He scored the highest score among the seven finalists (one abstained) with a high of 90 points in the first to third periods in the slopestyle final.
The main event of Lee Chae-woon, who has already won the gold medal, is halfpipe. He won the 2023 FIS World Championship Snowboard Men's Halfpipe with the youngest record (16 years and 10 months) and became the first Korean ski and snowboarder to win the World Championship. He also won two slopestyle-halfpipe gold medals at the 2024 Gangwon Youth Winter Olympics (hereinafter referred to as Gangwon 2024).
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Instead, Kim Gun-hee caught the luck. In the calculation that the wind situation is unusual, all-out efforts have been made since the preliminary round, and this strategy has worked beautifully. Kim Gun-hee was born in July 2008 and is less than 17 years old. Having played for the national team since May 2022, he decorated his first international championship with gold. Beyond Lee Chae-woon, he has carved his name into history as the youngest gold medalist in Korean snowboarding history.
Korean snowboarding won two gold medals and three bronze medals in this competition. Kang Dong-hoon (19, Gorim High School) won one bronze medal each in men's big air and slopestyle. It was the second best performance after China, which won three gold medals. Even Choi Ga-on (17, Sehwa Girls' High School), who did not attend this competition, is showing off her skills after returning from injury, and Korean snowboarding heralding a new renaissance. Expectations have been raised for the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, a year away.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
