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Olympics Skeleton Men’s qualifying medal results

By Mike Dyce

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 15: Joseph Luke Cecchini of Italy slides into the finish area during the Men's Skeleton heats on day six of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Olympic Sliding Centre on February 15, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)
PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 15: Joseph Luke Cecchini of Italy slides into the finish area during the Men's Skeleton heats on day six of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Olympic Sliding Centre on February 15, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images) /
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Yun Sung-Bin sits in first after two runs in the men’s skeleton heading into the final runs at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

After two runs, Korea has a hometown hero sitting in the driver’s seat to win gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Yun Sung-Bin had two tremendous runs to finish atop the standings heading into the final two runs on Thursday, including a track record in both runs.

It’s a monumental moment for Sing-Bin and South Korea, the country has never won a medal in any sliding sport (luge, skeleton and bobsled).

Team USA didn’t fare well in the first two runs and would need a small miracle and some fast runs to get onto the podium. Matt Antoine finished in 11th and John Daly (not the golfer) just behind him in 13th, roughly two seconds out of first. Antoine won bronze at the 2014 Sochi Games.

Germany, a country which dominated the luge winning half of the medals, isn’t in position to medal after two runs. Germany has three riders in the top 10, the highest sitting in sixth.

Standings after two runs:

  1. KOR, Yun Sung-Bin 1:40.35
  2. OAR, Nikita Tregubov +0.74
  3. LAT, Martins Dukurs +0.88
  4. GBR, Dom Parsons +0.91
  5. LAT, Tomass Dukurs +1.11 6 23
  6. KOR, Jisoo Kim +1.31
  7. GER, Axel Jungk +1.43
  8. NZL, Rhys Thornbury +1.58
  9. GER, Christopher Grotheer +1.76
  10. GER, Alexander Gassner +1.78
  11. USA, Matt Antoine +1.79
  12. GBR, Jerry Rice +1.86
  13. CHN, Wenqiang Geng +2.03
  14. USA, John Daly +2.03
  15. UKR, Vladyslav Heraskevych +2.07
  16. AUT, Matthias Guggenberger, +2.32
  17. CAN, Kevin Boyer +2.35
  18. OAR, Vladislav Marchenkov +2.41
  19. AUS, John Farrow +2.60
  20. NOR, Alexander Henning Hanssen +2.60
  21. CAN, Dave Greszczyszyn +2.69
  22. ROU, Dorin Velicu +3.07
  23. JPN, Hiroatsu Takahashi +3.15
  24. ITA Joseph Luke Cecchini, +3.33
  25. CAN, Barrett Martineau +3.35
  26. ESP,  Ander Mirambell +3.35
  27. JPN, Katsuyuki Miyajima +3.43
  28. ISR, Adam Edelman +4.56
  29. JAM, Anthony Watson +6.82
  30. GHA, Akwasi Frimpong +8.08

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