‘Iron Man’ Yoon Seong-bin (27, Gangwon Provincial Office), who won the silver medal in the second World Cup in the season, showed confidence, saying, “I think I can keep a good mood in the next tournament.”
Yoon Sung-bin won runner-up in the 7th men’s skeleton match at the 2020-2021 International Bobsleigh Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup held at Konigissee, Germany on the 23rd (Korean time).
In the first period, Yoon Sung-bin was ranked first.
Even in the second period, it was almost perfect from start to run.
It came down the track faster than Alexander Gasner (Germany), who finished the race first.
Yoon Sung-bin’s first gold medal in the season seemed certain, but he couldn’t speed up enough in the last curve, so he had to be satisfied with second place.
In an interview video with the Korea Bobsleigh Skeleton Federation, Yoon Sung-bin regretted, “In the first period, a good record came out, but in the second period, he made a mistake, not a mistake.”
Still, it’s an encouraging achievement.
The sledding team has been participating in the second half of the season due to problems such as self-isolation and cost due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) pandemic.
Yoon Seong-bin won the bronze medal in the 6th World Cup tournament last week, where she participated for the first time this season, and this time, she won the silver medal.
Now, Sungbin Yoon will challenge the gold medal in the last eighth tournament of this season’s World Cup held in Innsbruck, Austria next week.
Yoon Seong-bin said, “(This time) I was pushed back to second place, but I feel good because I feel that I can keep a good atmosphere in the next competition.”
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