Milan: South Korea failed to add to its medal total at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday, the penultimate day of the quadrennial event. Speed skater Chung Jae-won came the closest but he finished in fifth place in the men's start at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan. With a time of 8:04.60, Chung ended up 0.18 second behind the bronze medal winner from Italy, Andrea Giovannini. Park Ji-woo ended up in 14th place in the women's mass start, the very last speed skating race of these Olympic Games. South Korea went without a speed skating medal for the first time since 2002.

According to Yonhap News Agency, both of the South Korean four-man bobsleigh teams found themselves outside medal contention at Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo, 260 kilometers northeast of Milan. A team piloted by Kim Jin-su ranked in eighth place after the first two runs with a time of 1:49.50. The other South Korean team, led by Suk Young-jin, ranked 23rd with 1:50.73.

These Winter Games will draw to a conclusion on Sunday, and the two bobsleigh teams will be the only South Korean athletes in action that day. South Korea has three gold medals, four silver medals and three bronze medals so far.