Shin Eui-hyun finishes 8th in men's cross country

Shin Eui-hyun competes in the men's para cross country long distance sitting race at the National Biathlon Centre, Zhangjiakou, China on Sunday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Korea's Shin Eui-hyun finished eighth in the men's cross country long distance sitting 18-kilometer race on Sunday, with countryman Jeong Jae-seok following in 22nd place.

Shin finished the grueling race with a real time and finish time of 49 minutes and 26.2 seconds, 6 minutes and 16 seconds behind first place. Jeong trailed in 22nd place with a real time of 1 hour, 7 minutes and 2.5 seconds and a finish time of 58 minutes and 19.6 seconds.

There are three different medal contests in each skiing event: Visually impaired, standing and sitting. Within each event, athletes are classified based on their impairment, and the score takes these classifications into account.

In standing events, there are nine classifications, LW1 to LW9, while in sitting there are three, LW10 to LW12, and in visually impaired events there are three, B1 to B3. The numbers, or classification factors, indicate how much an athlete’s impairment is expected to affect their ability to compete in the sport.

Shin competes in sport class LW-12 for sit-skiers with normal or only slightly decreased trunk function and leg impairments. Jeong competes in LW10.5 for sit-skiers with no or minimal trunk stability. As a result, Jeong's finish time is adjusted due to this sport class.

Sunday's cross country race was Shin's second medal race of the Games, after earlier finishing 12th in the para biathlon men's sitting sprint on Saturday.

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

korea joongAng daily

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