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South Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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{{infobox country at games

| NOC = KOR

| NOCname = Korean Olympic Committee

| games = Winter Olympics

| year = 2010

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{url|www.sports.or.kr }} {{in lang|ko|en}}

| location = Vancouver

| competitors = 46

| sports = 12

| flagbearer = Kang Kwang-bae

| flagbearer_close = Mo Tae-bum

| rank = 5

| gold = 6

| silver = 6

| bronze = 2

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso =

}}

South Korea participated as the Republic of Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was their best performance at the Winter Olympics to date, ranking 5th in gold medals and 7th in overall medals.

Korea won its first-ever medal in figure skating when Kim Yuna won gold and set a world record in the ladies' event.

Medalists

class="wikitable sortable"
Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

{{gold medal}}Lee Jung-suShort trackMen's 1500 metres13 Feb
{{gold medal}}Lee Jung-suShort trackMen's 1000 metres20 Feb
{{gold medal}}Mo Tae-bumSpeed skatingMen's 500 metres15 Feb
{{gold medal}}Lee Sang-hwaSpeed skatingWomen's 500 metres16 Feb
{{gold medal}}Lee Seung-hoonSpeed skatingMen's 10000 metres23 Feb
{{gold medal}}Kim YunaFigure skatingLadies' singles25 Feb
{{silver medal}}Lee Eun-byulShort trackWomen's 1500 metres20 Feb
{{silver medal}}Lee Ho-sukShort trackMen's 1000 metres20 Feb
{{silver medal}}Lee Seung-hoonSpeed skatingMen's 5000 metres13 Feb
{{silver medal}}Mo Tae-bumSpeed skatingMen's 1000 metres17 Feb
{{silver medal}}Sung Si-bakShort trackMen's 500 metres26 Feb
{{silver medal}}Kwak Yoon-gy
Lee Ho-suk
Lee Jung-su
Sung Si-bak
Kim Seoung-il		Short trackMen's 5000 metre relay26 Feb
{{Bronze medal}}Park Seung-hiShort trackWomen's 1500 metres20 Feb
{{Bronze medal}}Park Seung-hiShort trackWomen's 1000 metres26 Feb

{{clr}}

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"

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!colspan=5|Medals by sport

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|Sport

|Image:Gold medal icon.svg

|Image:Silver medal icon.svg

|Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Total

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|align=left| Short track speed skating

2428
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|align=left| Speed skating

3205
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|align=left| Figure skating

1001
Total || 6 || 6 || 2 || 14

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!colspan=6|Medals by date

!colspan=4|Cumulative

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|Day

|Date

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Total

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Total

style="text-align:center;"

|Day 1

|13th

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|2

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|2

style="text-align:center;"

|Day 2

|14th

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|0

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|2

style="text-align:center;"

|Day 3

|15th

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|1

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|3

style="text-align:center;"

|Day 4

|16th

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|1

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |3

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|4

style="text-align:center;"

|Day 5

|17th

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|1

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |3

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|5

style="text-align:center;"

|Day 6

|18th

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|0

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |3

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|5

style="text-align:center;"

|Day 7

|19th

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|0

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |3

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|5

style="text-align:center;"

|Day 8

|20th

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|4

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |4

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |4

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|9

style="text-align:center;"

|Day 9

|21st

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|0

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |4

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |4

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|9

style="text-align:center;"

|Day 10

|22nd

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|0

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |4

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |4

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|9

style="text-align:center;"

|Day 11

|23rd

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|1

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |5

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |4

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|10

style="text-align:center;"

|Day 13

|25th

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|1

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |6

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |4

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|11

style="text-align:center;"

|Day 14

|26th

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|3

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |6

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |6

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |2

|14

colspan="2"|Total

! style="background:gold;" |6

! style="background:silver;" |6

! style="background:#CC9966;" |2

!14

! style="background:gold;" |6

! style="background:silver;" |6

! style="background:#CC9966;" |2

!14

|}

Alpine skiing

{{main|Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Run 1

!colspan="2"|Run 2

!colspan="2"|Total

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

Jung Dong-hyun1 June 1988

|Men's slalom

|colspan=6|DNF

rowspan=2|Kim Woo-sungrowspan=2|2 April 1986

|Men's slalom

|colspan=6|DNF

Men's giant slalom

|colspan=6|DSQ

rowspan=2|Kim Sun-joorowspan=2|13 November 1985

|Women's slalom

|align="center"|1:23.88

531:20.70492:44.5849
Women's giant slalom

|align="center"|1:23.88

531:20.70492:44.5849

Biathlon

{{main|Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="3"|Final

Time

!Penalties

!Rank

rowspan=2|Lee In-bokrowspan=2|30 March 1984

|Men's sprint

|27:34.1

1+365
Men's individual

|56:24.5

2+0+0+271
rowspan=2|Mun Ji-heerowspan=2|2 August 1988

|Women's sprint

|22:34.1

1+163
Women's individual

|48:53.9

0+0+2+373

Bobsleigh

{{main|Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="6"|Final

Run 1

!Run 2

!Run 3

!Run 4

!Total

!Rank

Kang Kwang-bae
Lee Jin-hee
Kim Jung-su
Kim Dong-hyun

|29 July 1973
7 July 1981
20 April 1984
12 November 1987

|Four-man

|52.76

52.5352.9253.1553.1119

Cross-country skiing

{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Final

Time

!Rank

Lee Jun-gil18 September 1985

|Men's 15 km freestyle

|39:51.6

|79

rowspan=2|Lee Chae-wonrowspan=2|7 April 1981

|Women's 10 km freestyle

|27:56.0

|54

Women's 15 kilometre pursuit

|47:34.6

|59

Figure skating

{{Main|Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}

South Korea qualified 2 entrants in ladies singles, for a total of 2 athletes.{{cite web | url = http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1565 | title = International Skating Union Communication No. 1589: Olympic Winter Games 2010 – Entries/Participation Single & Pair {{sic|nolink=y|Skatng|expected=Skating}} And Ice Dance | publisher = International Skating Union | date = 28 September 2009 | access-date = 21 November 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091004213514/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1565 | archive-date = 4 October 2009 }} Kim Yuna's gold medal at the ladies' event is the South Korea's first medal at the Winter Olympics in an event other than short track and speed skating.{{cite news | title = South Korea's Kim Yuna earns figure skating gold | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/figure_skating/8538032.stm |publisher=BBC News | date = 26 February 2010 | access-date =26 February 2010}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2" | Athlete(s)

! rowspan="2" | Date of birth

! rowspan="2" | Event

! colspan="2" | {{abbr|CD|Compulsory dance}}

! colspan="2" | {{abbr|SP|Short program}}/{{abbr|OD|Original dance}}

! colspan="2" | {{abbr|FS|Free skating}}/{{abbr|FD|Free dance}}

! colspan="2" | Total

Points

! Rank

! Points

! Rank

! Points

! Rank

! Points

! Rank

align=left|Kim Yuna

| 5 September 1990

| Ladies'

| colspan="2" bgcolor="wheat"|

| 78.50 {{OlyR}} {{WR}}

| 1

| 150.06 {{OlyR}} {{WR}}

| 1

| 228.56 {{OlyR}} {{WR}}

| {{gold1}}

align=left|Kwak Min-jeong

| 23 January 1994

| Ladies'

| colspan="2" bgcolor="wheat"|

| 53.16

| 16

| 102.37

| 12

| 155.53

| 13

Freestyle skiing

{{main|Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualifying

!colspan="2"|Final

Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

Seo Jung-hwa

|27 September 1990

|Women's moguls

|20.88

|21

|DNQ

|21

Luge

{{main|Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="6"|Final

Run 1

!Run 2

!Run 3

!Run 4

!Total

!Rank

Lee Yong

|Men's singles

|50.549

|50.607

|51.012

|51.128

|3:23.296

|36

Short track speed skating

{{Main|Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

rowspan=3|Lee Ho-suk

|rowspan=3|25 June 1986

|500m

|41.632

|1 Q

|41.269

|1 Q

|1:24.514

|4 QB

|49.149

|7

1000m

|1:25.925

|1 Q

|1:24.980

|1 Q

|1:25.347

|1 Q

|1:23.801

|{{silver02}}

1500m

|2:14.324

|2 Q

|colspan=2|n/a

|2:14.833

|1 Q

|colspan=2|DSQ

rowspan=3|Sung Si-bak

|rowspan=3|18 February 1987

|500m

|41.889

|1 Q

|40.821

|2 Q

|41.126

|2 Q

|41.340

|{{Silver02}}

1000m

|1:24.245 {{OlyR}}

|1 Q

|1:24.570

|1 Q

|1:25.068

|3 QB

|colspan=2|DSQ

1500m

|2:14.836

|1 Q

|colspan=2|n/a

|2:13.585

|1 Q

|2:45.010

|5

Kwak Yoon-gy

|26 December 1989

|500m

|42.147

|1 Q

|41.761

|2 Q

|41.620

|3 QB

|42.123

|4

rowspan=2|Lee Jung-su

|rowspan=2|30 November 1989

|1000m

|1:24.962

|1 Q

|1:25.822

|1 Q

|1:25.560

|2 Q

|1:23.747 {{OlyR}}

|{{gold01}}

1500m

|2:12.380 {{OlyR}}

|1 Q

|colspan=2|n/a

|2:10.949 {{OlyR}}

|1 Q

|2:17.611

|{{gold01}}

Lee Ho-suk
Sung Si-bak
Lee Jung-su
Kwak Yoon-gy
Kim Seoung-il

|25 June 1986
18 February 1987
30 November 1989
26 December 1989
19 December 1990

|5000m relay

|colspan=4|n/a

|6:43.845

|1 Q

|6:44.446

|{{silver02}}

;Women

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

rowspan=3|Cho Ha-ri

|rowspan=3|29 July 1986

|500m

|44.313

|2 Q

|44.306

|3

|colspan=3|Did not qualify

|10

1000m

|1:35.953

|1 Q

|1:30.543

|2 Q

|1:30.792

|4 QB

|1:31.932

|4

1500m

|2:22.928

|1 Q

|colspan=2|n/a

|2:35.492

|3 ADV

|2:18.831

|5

rowspan=3|Park Seung-hi

|rowspan=3|28 March 1992

|500m

|44.221

|1 Q

|colspan=2|DSQ

|colspan=3|Did not qualify

|15

1000m

|1:31.885

|1 Q

|1:30.769

|1 Q

|1:29.165

|2 Q

|1:29.379

|{{bronze03}}

1500m

|2:24.129

|1 Q

|colspan=2|n/a

|2:20.859

|1 Q

|2:17.927

|{{bronze03}}

rowspan=2|Lee Eun-byul

|rowspan=2|2 October 1991

|500m

|44.000

|1 Q

|44.582

|2 Q

|44.899

|4 QB

|44.860

|8

1500m

|2:27.286

|1 Q

|colspan=2|n/a

|2:24.318

|1 Q

|2:17.849

|{{silver02}}

Cho Ha-ri
Park Seung-hi
Lee Eun-byul
Kim Min-jung
Choi Jung-won

|29 July 1986
28 March 1992
2 October 1991
20 March 1985
16 March 1990

|3000m relay

|colspan=4|n/a

|4:10.753

|1 Q

|colspan=2|DSQ

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Skeleton

{{main|Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="6"|Final

Run 1

!Run 2

!Run 3

!Run 4

!Total

!Rank

Cho In-ho

|24 June 1978

|Men's singles

|54.46

|54.42

|54.28

|DNQ

|2:43.16

|22

Ski jumping

{{main|Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualifying

!colspan="2"|First round

!colspan="3"|Final

Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Total

!Rank

rowspan=2|Choi Heung-chul

|rowspan=2|3 December 1981

|Normal hill

|108.5

|40 Q

|95.0

|48

|DNQ

|95.0

|48

Large hill

|107.0

|34 Q

|56.3

|49

|DNQ

|56.3

|49

rowspan=2|Choi Yong-jik

|rowspan=2|3 December 1982

|Normal hill

|107.0

|43

|colspan=5|DNQ

Large hill

|83.4

|46

|colspan=5|DNQ

rowspan=2|Kim Hyun-ki

|rowspan=2|9 February 1983

|Normal hill

|121.5

|22 Q

|107.0

|30

|DNQ

|107.0

|40

Large hill

|108.9

|33 Q

|78.0

|42

|DNQ

|78.0

|42

Snowboarding

{{main|Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="3"|Qualifying

!colspan="3"|Semifinal

!colspan="3"|Final

Run 1

!Run 2

!Rank

!Run 1

!Run 2

!Rank

!Run 1

!Run 2

!Rank

Kim Ho-jun

|1 May 1990

|Men's halfpipe

|8.4

|25.8

|12

|colspan=6|Did not qualify

Speed skating

{{Main|Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Race 1

!colspan="2"|Final

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

rowspan=3|Mo Tae-bum

|rowspan=3|15 February 1989

|500 m

|34.923

|34.906

|69.82

|{{gold1}}

1000 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|1:09.12

|{{silver2}}

1500 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|1:46.47

|5

rowspan=2|Lee Kyou-hyuk

|rowspan=2|16 March 1978

|500 m

|35.145

|35.344

|70.48

|15

1000 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|1:09.92

|9

rowspan=2|Mun Jun

|rowspan=2|14 July 1982

|500 m

|35.552

|35.640

|71.19

|19

1000 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|1:10.68

|18

Lee Kang-seok

|28 February 1985

|500 m

|35.053

|34.988

|70.041

|4

Lee Ki-ho

|17 August 1984

|1000 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|1:12.33

|36

Ha Hong-sun

|1 June 1991

|1500 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|1:49.93

|31

Lee Jong-woo

|5 July 1985

|1500 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|1:49.00

|22

rowspan=2|Lee Seung-hoon

|rowspan=2|6 March 1988

|5000 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|6:16.95

|{{silver2}}

10000 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|12:58.55 {{OlyR}}

|{{gold1}}

;Men's team pursuit

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="1"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="1"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

Opposition
time

!Opposition
time

!Opposition
time

!Rank

Lee Seung-hoon
Lee Jong-woo
Ha Hong-sun

|6 March 1988
5 July 1985
1 June 1991

|Team pursuit

|{{flagIOC|NOR|2010 Winter}}
3:43.69 QC

n/a{{flagIOC|ITA|2010 Winter}}
3:48.60		5

;Women

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Race 1

!colspan="2"|Final

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

rowspan=2|Lee Sang-hwa

|rowspan=2|25 February 1989

|500 m

|38.249

|37.850

|76.09

|{{gold1}}

1000 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|1:18.24

|23

Ahn Ji-min

|29 April 1992

|500 m

|39.595

|39.549

|79.14

|31

Lee Bo-ra

|16 August 1986

|500 m

|39.396

|39.406

|78.80

|26

Oh Min-ji

|29 March 1985

|500 m

|39.816

|39.768

|79.58

|32

Kim Yoo-rim

|3 February 1990

|1000 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|colspan=2|DNF

rowspan=2|Lee Ju-yeon

|rowspan=2|29 October 1987

|1500 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|2:03.67

|33

3000 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|4:18.87

|23

rowspan=2|Noh Seon-yeong

|rowspan=2|19 October 1989

|1500 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|2:02.84

|30

3000 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|4:17.36

|19

Park Do-yeong

|30 January 1993

|3000 m

|colspan=2|n/a

|4:20.92

|27

;Women's team pursuit

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Date of birth

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="1"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="1"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

Opposition
time

!Opposition
time

!Opposition
time

!Rank

Lee Ju-yeon
Noh Seon-yeong
Park Do-yeong

|29 October 1987
19 October 1989
30 January 1993

|Team pursuit

|{{flagIOC|JPN|2010 Winter}}
3:07.45 QD

n/a{{flagIOC|RUS|2010 Winter}}
3:06.96		8

See also

References

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