Gim So-hui finishes slalom in 39th place

Korea's Gim So-hui competes in the first run of the women's slalom during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the National Alpine Skiing Centre in Beijing on Wednesday. [AFP/YONHAP]

Korea's Gim So-hui finished in 39th place in the women's slalom at the National Alpine Skiing Centre in Beijing on Wednesday.

Gim finished her first run with a time of 57.31 seconds to land in 42nd place, taking her out of the top 30 competing for the medal spots. She improved her time on the second run, with a 56.80 good enough to give her a total time of 1:54.11 to jump up to the 39th spot.

In slalom, skiers race down a slope while weaving between a series of posts. In order to stay in the race, skiers have to make very precise movements — slipping or falling in a run leads to a Did Not Finish (DNF) and the athlete is out of the competition.

Korea's Kang Young-seo failed to finish her first run.

Petra Vlhova of Slovakia took the gold medal with a total time of 1:44.98, jumping up from eighth to first place with an exceptionally fast second run. The silver medal went to Katharina Liensberger of Austria and bronze went to Wendy Holdener of Switzerland.

BY JIM BULLEY [jim.bulley@joongang.co.kr]