Yoon Sung-bin (27, Gangwon Provincial Office) finished 17th in the 2020-2021 International Bobsleigh Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Championships.
Yoon Sung-bin was ranked 17th with a total of 3 minutes 50 seconds 97 during the 1st to 4th period of the male skeleton that ended in Altenberg, Germany on the 12th (Korean time). ‘Defending Champion’ Christopher Grotier (3:46:31, Germany) achieved a second straight victory, Alexander Tretiakov (3:46:59, Russia) won a silver medal, Alexander Gasner (3:47:51, Germany) ) Won the bronze medal.
Yoon Sung-bin aimed for the first gold medal at the world championship, but pushed it to the next opportunity. Yoon Sung-bin has won the silver and bronze medals at the world championships once, and if he won this competition, he could experience the top of the Olympics, the World Cup, and the world championships.
In the World Cup series that ended before this world championship, Yoon Sung-bin won a bronze medal in the 6th tournament and a silver medal in the 7th tournament, winning a total of 2 medals this season. Yoon Sung-bin skipped the first half of the tournament due to a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and only competed in the 6th-8th rounds.
Jeong Seung-gi (22, Catholic Kwandong University) ranked 20th with a total of 3 minutes, 53 seconds and 13 seconds during the first to fourth periods. Kim Ji-soo (27, Gangwon Provincial Office), who was not in the 20th place until the 3rd period and did not participate in the 4th period, was registered in the 24th place with a total of 2 minutes, 55 seconds and 54 in the first and third periods.
The sledding team, including Yoon Sung-bin, will enter Korea next week after completing all the schedules of the world championships, including the female monobob (single-seater bobsled) played by Kim Yu-ran and the male bobsled 4-seater competition, including Won Yoon-jong and Ji-Jin Ji-Jin.
Reporter Heo Jong-ho