Han Sang-min finishes giant slalom in 15th place

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Han Sang-min finishes giant slalom in 15th place

Han Sang-min completes his second run of the men's giant slalom sitting event at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre in Beijing on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Han Sang-min completes his second run of the men's giant slalom sitting event at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre in Beijing on Thursday. [YONHAP]

 
Han Sang-min finished the men's giant slalom sitting event in fifteenth place on Thursday at Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre in Beijing.
 
Han completed his first run in a time of 1 minute and 6.99 seconds to take 16th place. Han shaved a full two seconds off that time on his second run, at 1 minute and 4.63 seconds, finishing the event with a total time of 2 minutes and 11.62 seconds, 17.42 seconds behind Jesper Pedersen of Norway in first place.
 
While both of Han's times were good enough for 16th in each heat, he dropped down to 15th place after Jeroen Kampschreur of the Netherlands, who finished the first run in second place, failed to complete his second run. 
 
Earlier in the day, Hwang Min-gyu finished his first run in the giant slalom vision impaired event in seventh place, but failed to finish his second run down the course.
 
Hwang finished his first run with a time of 1 minute and 5.23 seconds, putting him in seventh place, 10.35 seconds behind first. Hwang fell on his second run, knocking him out of the competition.
 
Both Han and Hwang earlier competed in the men's super combined on Monday, both ending their respective events in seventh place. 
 
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.
 
Han competes in the LW-12 sport class for sit-skiers with normal or only slightly decreased trunk function and leg impairments.
 
Hwang competes in the B3 class, the least severe vision impairment eligible for para alpine skiing. Eligible athletes either have a restricted visual field of less than 40 degrees or a low visual acuity. Visually impaired skiers compete with a guide.

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