Started working out because “anyone can take on the challenge” Even though he was slower than Seongbin Yoon, he went his own way, beat England Western in the 2nd World Cup and challenged to win ‘2 consecutive wins and be ranked No. 1 in the 3rd round’ “Anyone can take on the challenge, regardless of their athletic experience.”

While watching the skeleton broadcast of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, the two boys heard this and urged their parents to head to Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, where the sledding track is located. From a young age, whenever he wanted to join the soccer or track and field team, his parents stopped him, telling him to "study."

Jeong Seung-gi, wearing a 'Turtle Ship' helmet, is sprinting through the start section in the second round of the 2023-2024 International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup held in La Plagne, France on the 8th. Seung-gi Jeong even set this track start record (5 seconds 51) at this event, where he won his first World Cup. 

This time, my son didn't back down either. His parents sent their son away with the thought, ‘He will come back after a few months.’ But his son did not return home to Paju, Gyeonggi Province. And 9 years after starting his training in skeleton, he even lifted the World Cup trophy.

'Spiderman' Jeong Seung-gi (24, Gangwon Provincial Office) took first place with a total time of 2 minutes 00.61 seconds in the first and second periods at the 2nd competition of the 2023-2024 season International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup held in La Plagne, France on the 9th. It went up. It was 0.08 seconds faster than this year's World Championship champion Matt Weston (26, UK). Seung-gi Jeong, who started participating in the IBSF World Cup from the 2021-2022 season, has previously been on the podium a total of 5 times (3 silver and 2 bronze medals), but this is his first time winning a gold medal.

In front of Jeong Seung-gi was always ‘Iron Man’ Yoon Seong-bin (29, retired). It took only 4 years and 6 months for Seongbin Yoon, who started skeleton racing in his senior year of high school, to win a World Cup gold medal. For this reason, some people in the skeleton industry said, 'Isn't Jeong Seung-gi's development too slow?' However, Seung-gi Jeong won a bronze medal at this year's World Championships and a gold medal at the World Cup, standing tall as the new face of Korean skeleton.

Seung-gi Jeong said, “I am happy to win the World Cup of my dreams. After taking first place in the first period, he held on to his spirit not to waver. Thanks to this, we achieved good results in the second period as well,” he said. Seunggi Jeong even set a new track start record in this competition. He set a new record of 5.52 seconds in the first period, then reduced it by another 0.01 seconds in the second period (5.51 seconds).

Jeong Seung-gi, who started this season in fourth place in the first competition, won the second competition and rose to second place in the world rankings (417 points). He is 8 points behind Christopher Grotaire (31, Germany, 425 points), the gold medalist at last year's Beijing Olympics and currently ranked first. Previously, the only Korean player to finish the season ranked first was Seongbin Yoon in the 2017-2018 season. Seunggi Jeong rose to first place in the rankings after the third competition last season, but ended up finishing the season in fourth place. Jeong Seung-gi will challenge for his second consecutive World Cup gold medal and No. 1 ranking through the 3rd competition held in Innsbruck, Austria on the 15th. 스포츠토토맨