![[Breaking] Kim Sang-gyeom wins snowboard silver medal... First medal of the games [Milano Cortina 2026] - Seoul Economic Daily Sports News from South Korea](https://wimg.sedaily.com/news/cms/2026/02/08/rcv.NEWS1.NEWS1.20260208.2026-02-08T225044_1007739021_SPORTS_I_P1.jpg "Kim Sang-gyeom Wins Silver in Snowboard, Korea's First Medal at Milan-Cortina 2026")
Kim Sang-gyeom, the veteran of Korean alpine snowboarding, has become the first medalist for Team Korea at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics.
Kim, 37, of High1, claimed silver in the men's parallel giant slalom final at Livigno Snow Park in Italy on February 8, finishing 0.19 seconds behind gold medalist Benjamin Karl of Austria.
The medal marks both Korea's first at these Olympics and the nation's 400th Olympic medal across all Summer and Winter Games combined.
Original reporting by Jung Sang-hoon for Seoul Economic Daily.
AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.
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