[Olympics] 'Meaningful Challenge' All Korean Cross-Country Sprint Athletes Eliminated in Qualifiers

Jung Jong-won 3:16.15 81st, Kim Min-woo 3:19.76 82nd
Han Da-som 3:51.34 75th, Lee Ui-jin 3:52.05 77th

On the 6th, Jeong Jong-won (number 63), who participated in the men's 15km+15km skiathlon cross-country skiing event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, is competing at the National Cross-Country Ski Center in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] South Korean male and female cross-country skiing athletes competing in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics were all eliminated in the individual sprint event qualifiers.

On the 8th, at the National Cross-Country Center in Zhangjiakou, China, Jeong Jongwon (30, Gyeonggi Province Office) and Kim Minwoo (23, Pyeongchang County Office), who participated in the men's cross-country skiing free sprint at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, recorded 3 minutes 16.15 seconds and 3 minutes 19.76 seconds, ranking 81st and 82nd respectively.

The cross-country skiing free sprint qualifiers are held by having each athlete start separately at 15-second intervals on a 1.5 km course to measure individual times, with the top 30 advancing to the next round.

In the women's cross-country skiing free sprint qualifiers held at the same venue that day, Han Dasom (28, Gyeonggi Province Office) and Lee Euijin (21, Gyeonggi Province Office) finished 75th and 77th respectively, failing to advance to the next round. Han Dasom recorded 3 minutes 51.34 seconds, and Lee Euijin finished with 3 minutes 52.05 seconds.

The first place in the qualifiers was taken by France's Lucas Chanavat, who recorded 2 minutes 45.03 seconds.

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