Milan: Both South Korean teams competing in the two-man bobsleigh at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics finished outside the top 10 on Tuesday. Pilot Kim Jin-su and brakeman Kim Hyeong-geun completed the event in 13th place with a time of 3:43.60 after four runs at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo, which is located 260 kilometers northeast of Milan. They were 3.90 seconds behind the gold medalists Johannes Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer of Germany, who finished with a time of 3:39.70.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean duo was in 12th place after the first two runs on Monday with a time of 1:51.69. They recorded times of 55.90 and 56.01 seconds in their final two runs, which led to their 13th-place finish.

Another South Korean team, composed of pilot Suk Young-jin and brakeman Chae Byung-do, ended in 19th place with a total time of 3:44.61. They were also in 19th place at the halfway mark with a time of 1:52.50 and maintained their position by posting times of 56.03 and 56.08 seconds in their final two runs.

Both Kim Jin-su and Suk Young-jin are scheduled to participate in the upcoming four-man bobsleigh race starting Saturday. Germany dominated the two-man bobsleigh event, with Francesco Friedrich and Alexander Schuller taking the silver medal with a time of 3:41.04, and Adam Ammour and Alexander Schaller securing the bronze with a time of 3:41.52.