![Woo Subin of Korea National Sport University, the first South Korean to compete in Olympic snowboard cross, failed to reach the round of 16. [Photo=Yonhap·Reuters]](https://image.ajunews.com/content/image/2026/02/13/20260213234443170948.jpg)
Woo was disqualified after slipping midway through her heat in the women’s snowboard cross round-of-32 qualifying races at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Feb. 13 (Korea time) at Livigno Snow Park in Italy.
She was listed as DNF (did not finish), ending her bid to move on, with the top two finishers in each heat advancing to the round of 16.
Snowboard cross, added as an official Olympic event at the 2006 Turin Games, is raced on a course featuring jumps, moguls and banked turns.
In seeding runs, Woo placed 29th out of 32 in the first run with 1 minute, 19.90 seconds, and ninth out of 12 in the second run with 1:17.82. She entered the round-of-32 races ranked 29th overall.
In her heat, she fell to the back after the start. While trying to make up ground, she went down and was ruled DNF. Regardless of the result, she got back up and crossed the finish line, drawing applause from the crowd.
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