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Teen spirit: Young athletes deliver Olympic gold, bronze for Korea
MILAN — Teenage athletes shone for South Korea at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday.
The 17-year-old snowboarder Choi Gaon delivered the gold medal in the women's halfpipe event at Livigno Snow Park in Livigno, north of Milan. Then about an hour later, Rim Jong-un, the 18-year-old short tracker, claimed the bronze medal in the men's 1,000-meter race at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan.
Choi's was South Korea's first gold medal of this year's Olympics while Rim brought South Korea its first short track medal in Milan.
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