Harbin: Gim So-hui won silver in the women’s alpine skiing slalom event at the Asian Winter Games in China on Saturday. Gim finished in second place with a total of 1:34.06 after two runs at Yabuli Ski Resort, some 200 kilometers southeast of the main host city of Harbin. Chisaki Maeda of Japan got the gold in 1:33.50.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Gim clocked 47.85 seconds to place second behind Maeda (47.29) in the first run. The two skiers posted the identical time of 46.21 seconds in their second runs, as Maeda held on to win by 0.56 second.
Eren Watanabe of Japan won the bronze in 1:34.92. Gim had also competed in the previous Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan, in 2017, but failed to finish her second run then.
Only the women’s and men’s slalom events will be contested in alpine skiing at this year’s Asiad. The men’s slalom race is scheduled for Sunday, with South Korea’s Jung Dong-hyun seeking his second straight gold medal.