Kim Yun-ji (19, BDH Paras) added a silver medal at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Paralympics, setting a new record for the most medals won by a Korean athlete at a single Winter Paralympics.
Kim finished second in the women's cross-country skiing 10km interval start event at Tesero Cross-Country Stadium in Italy on March 11 (local time), recording 26 minutes 51.6 seconds behind gold medalist Oksana Masters of the United States.
With this result, Kim has secured one gold and two silver medals at these Games, surpassing the previous Korean record of one gold and one bronze set by Shin Eui-hyun at the 2018 PyeongChang Paralympics.
Kim won Korea's first-ever Winter Paralympics gold medal by a female athlete in the women's biathlon 12.5km individual event on March 8, then added a silver in the cross-country sprint on March 10.
In the day's race, Kim started 16th among 19 competitors and led through the first 1.6km checkpoint. However, Masters overtook her after the 5km mark, and a fall during Kim's late-race push extended the gap.
Kim immediately got back up and continued racing, crossing the finish line approximately 20 seconds behind Masters. Third-place finisher Kendall Gretsch of the United States trailed Kim by about 36 seconds.
Kim's performance has lifted the Korean delegation's total medal count to four—one gold, two silvers, and one bronze—surpassing the team's previous best of one gold and two bronzes at the 2018 PyeongChang Games.
Korea is guaranteed at least five medals at these Paralympics, as wheelchair curling mixed doubles pair Baek Hye-jin and Lee Yong-seok (Gyeonggi-do Sports Association for the Disabled) have advanced to the final.
Kim will compete in the biathlon sprint pursuit event on March 13 for another medal opportunity.