Heavy Snow Delays Women’s Freeski Halfpipe Final at 2026 Milan Games Heavy snowfall in the Italian Alps has postponed the women’s freestyle ski halfpipe final. Organizers said the final, scheduled for 3:30 a.m. Korean time on Feb. 22 at Livigno Snow Park, was delayed because of severe weather. The start time was moved to 6:40 p.m. the same day. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation said, “Due to heavy snowfall in Livigno, we determined it was impossible to prepare the pipe in a way that ensures a safe and fair competition,” adding, “Today’s compe February 22, 2026

Hungary’s Kim Min-seok says he changed citizenship to keep skating career alive Kim Min-seok, a South Korean middle- and long-distance speedskater who changed citizenship to Hungary, said he made the decision to keep his career going.  Kim was eliminated after finishing 12th in the second semifinal heat of the men’s mass start at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics at the Milan speedskating stadium on Saturday (Korea time).   Afterward, he told reporters, “Skating was my whole life,” adding, “I decided it would be hard to continue my career if I couldn’ February 22, 2026

Speedskater Park Ji-woo vows to keep chasing Olympic mass start medal after 14th-place finish South Korea’s long-distance speedskating standout Park Ji-woo of Gangwon Provincial Office missed a medal in the women’s mass start and said she plans to try again in four years. Park placed 14th in the final at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics at the Milan speedskating stadium on Feb. 22 (Korea time). It was her first time reaching the Olympic final, but she did not make the podium. After the race, Park told reporters in the mixed zone, “I’m sorry to deliver a disappoi February 22, 2026

Speed skater Jeong Jae-won finishes fifth in Olympic mass start, vows stronger push for 2030 South Korea’s Jeong Jae-won, a leading long-distance speed skater, finished fifth in the men’s mass start at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics and said he will prepare even harder for the next Games. Jeong placed fifth in the final held at the Milan speed skating stadium on Saturday (Korea time). Midway through the race, Jorrit Berghsma of the Netherlands and Viktor Hald Thorup of Denmark increased the pace and broke away. Jeong, skating in the trailing group, could not cl February 22, 2026

Park Ji-woo places 14th in mass start as South Korea ends Olympics without speedskating medal South Korea’s speedskating team finished the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics without a medal, its first medal-less Games since 2002 in Salt Lake City. On Saturday (Korea time), South Korea wrapped up its schedule after failing to reach the podium in both the men’s and women’s mass start finals at the Milan speedskating stadium in Italy. In the women’s mass start, Park Ji-woo of Gangwon Provincial Office placed 14th in the final. She crossed the line seventh but dropped in February 22, 2026

Speedskater Jeong Jae-won finishes fifth in Olympic men’s mass start, misses third straight medal South Korea’s Jeong Jae-won, a leading long-distance speedskater, finished fifth in the men’s mass start final at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, falling short of a third consecutive Olympic medal. Jeong scored six points to place fifth among 16 skaters in the final at the Milan speedskating stadium, held Feb. 22 (Korean time). Dutch veteran Jorrit Bergsma won gold with 68 points. Denmark’s Victor Hald Thorup took silver with 47, and Italy’s Andrea Giovannini won bronze with 21. February 22, 2026

Speedskater Park Ji-woo Reaches Women’s Mass Start Final at Milan Olympics South Korean speedskater Park Ji-woo of Gangwon Provincial Office reached the Olympic women’s mass start final for the first time in her third Games appearance. Park advanced Saturday (Korean time) at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics, finishing third in the second semifinal heat at the Milan speedskating stadium. She earned 20 sprint points and secured one of the eight final berths awarded in each heat. The mass start is a 16-lap race scored by points at intermediate sp February 22, 2026

South Korea’s Jeong Jae-won reaches Olympic men’s mass start final, eyes third straight medal South Korean long-distance speedskater Jeong Jae-won (Gangwon Provincial Office) advanced to the men’s mass start final at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Jeong scored 21 points in the semifinal held Feb. 21 (Korea time) at the Milan Speed Skating Stadium in Italy. He placed third among 15 skaters, earning one of the eight spots in the final. In the 16-lap mass start, sprint points of 3, 2 and 1 are awarded to the top three at laps 4, 8 and 12. At the finish, points are awarded a February 21, 2026

Norway’s Johannes Klaebo wins record six golds at one Winter Olympics, brings total to 11 Norway’s Johannes Klaebo set a Winter Olympics record by winning six gold medals at a single Games. Klaebo won the men’s 50-kilometer mass start at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Feb. 21 (Korean time) at the cross-country stadium in Tesero, Italy, finishing in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 44.8 seconds. The victory completed a sweep of all six cross-country events he entered: skiathlon (10km plus 10km), sprint classic, 10km interval start free, 4x7.5km relay, team sprint and the 50km m February 21, 2026

Korea’s Kim Jin-su Four-Man Bobsled Team Sits Eighth After Two Runs at Milan-Cortina Olympics South Korea’s men’s four-man bobsled team led by Kim Jin-su is in eighth place after the first two heats at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Kim, with pushers Kim Hyeong-geun and Kim Seon-uk and brakeman Lee Geon-woo, posted a combined time of 1 minute, 49.50 seconds on Saturday (Korean time) at the Cortina Sliding Center in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, ranking eighth among 27 teams. The team was eighth in Heat 1 in 54.60 seconds and recorded the sixth-fastest time in Heat 2 at 54.90. February 21, 2026