‘Iron Man’ Yoon Seong-bin, 7th silver medal in the World Cup…”Good atmosphere continues”

[이데일리 스타in 이석무 기자] ‘Iron Man’ Yoon Seong-bin (27, Gangwon Provincial Office) won the silver medal at the World Cup, where he made his second appearance in the season.

Yoon Sung-bin recorded a total of 1 minute 39 seconds 92 in the 7th men’s skeleton match at the 2020-21 International Bobsleigh Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup held in Konigessee, Germany on the 22nd (Korean time), Alexander Gasner (1 After the minute 39 seconds 88 Germany), he took second place.

Yoon Seong-bin, who won the bronze medal in the 6th competition, which was the first race of this season, has won the podium for two consecutive competitions. In particular, he reaffirmed his strong side on this track by winning the 4th World Cup silver medal in his career on the Konigis track, where the game was held that day.

Yoon Sung-bin started off in a pleasant 4 seconds and 5 5 minutes, the fastest in the first period. Afterwards, they ran a stable race without making any major mistakes and climbed to the top with a record of 49 seconds and 90. This day’s record was your new track record 0.08 seconds ahead of 49 seconds 98 recorded at the World Cup on January 24 last year.

Yoon Seong-bin also recorded first place in the second period with 4 seconds and 58 seconds. However, as the speed of the last curve section dropped in driving, I had to be satisfied with the silver medal.

Right after the tournament, Sungbin Yoon said through the management company, “I tried to keep a good atmosphere following the last tournament.

He added, “Unfortunately, I was pushed back to second place, but I think I can continue to have a good atmosphere until the next tournament. I hope you will watch the next tournament.”

First place, Gasner won the second World Cup in the season following the sixth tournament held in St. Moritz, Switzerland last week. The bronze medal went to Russia’s Alexander Tretiakov (1:40:01).

Yoon Sung-bin will challenge to win the first and last World Cup of the season at the final 8th tournament held in Innsbruck, Austria on the 29th. Jeong Seung-gi (22, Catholic Kwandong University), who participated with Yoon Seong-bin, ranked 9th with 1 minute 40 seconds 77 and Kim Ji-soo 12th with 1 minute 41 seconds 11.

The Korean sledding team, including Yoon Sung-bin, were unable to participate in the early World Cup tournament due to self-isolation and cost problems caused by the Corona 19 pandemic, and are participating in the second half of the season.

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