Overview
- Teenager Yu Seung-eun took Olympic bronze in women’s big air with a 171.00 combined score, landing a frontside triple cork 1440 as Japan’s Kokomo Murase won gold and New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott earned silver.
- Kim Sang-kyum captured silver in the men’s parallel giant slalom the previous day, giving Korea multiple ski or snowboard medals at a single Winter Games for the first time.
- The Korea Ski & Snowboard Association set awards of 200 million won for Kim and 100 million won for Yu under an incentive plan that pays 300 million for gold, 200 million for silver and 100 million for bronze.
- The KSA confirmed additional Olympic payouts of 50 million won for fourth place, 30 million for fifth and 10 million for sixth, with a formal awards ceremony planned after the Games.
- Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin congratulated Kim in a letter and gift, praising his persistence and reiterating sponsor support for Korean snow sports.