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Lee defeated Austria’s Christoph Karner in the men’s parallel slalom final at the 2025-2026 FIS Snowboard World Cup in Winterberg, Germany, on March 21 local time.
The victory was Lee’s fifth career World Cup win, making him the first South Korean to reach five FIS World Cup victories.
Choi Ga-on, who won gold in the women’s snowboard halfpipe at this year’s Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics, is second among South Koreans in this category with four World Cup wins.
Lee closed the season with two gold medals and one silver, including gold at the Slovenia World Cup in February and silver at an event in Poland in March.
In a post on social media, Lee said he did his best to meet the expectations of those who supported him but still had many regrets about the season. He added that their support helped him finish strong despite difficult conditions, and he thanked them sincerely.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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