Anchor: South Korea's Yun Sung-bin has claimed the host country's second gold medal of the Pyeongchang Games, becoming the new men's skeleton champion. This is the first time that any athlete outside of Europe or North America has won an Olympic medal in the sliding event.
Kim Bum-soo has more. 

Report: 

[Sound bite: Men's skeleton final (Feb. 16)]

In the final fourth heat at the Olympic Sliding Center in Pyeongchang, Yun Sung-bin clocked in at 50-point-02 seconds for a cumulative three minutes and 20-point-55 seconds. 

Wearing an Iron Man-style helmet and red race suit, the 23-year old rocketed past the finish line at over 125 kilometers per hour, winning by a whopping one-point-63 seconds over silver medalist Nikita Tregubov, an Olympic Athlete from Russia.

As the 23-year old Yun dominated in all four races, the bronze went to Britain’s Dom Parsons and five-time world champion Martins Dukurs of Latvia placed fourth.

After the race, Yun walked to the home crowd and greeted them with a deep bow on his hands and knees. Yun later told reporters that he appreciated his fans.

[Sound bite: Yun Sung-bin - Korean Nat'l Skeleton Race (Korean)]
"Regardless of my record, it is great that I achieved my personal goal and the dream of all sliding events in Skeleton although Bobsleigh still remains. I was very worried that the event was to be held on the Lunar New Year's Day morning because it's a big holiday and many people wouldn't be able to watch our event. I want to thank you that as many people came here to cheer for me and many others watched the game on TV. I was able to win thanks to your cheering. Skeleton is not the end and this is the beginning. We are off to a good start and I will work to do even better from now on."   

Before Yun's victory at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, only nine countries in Europe and North America had won medals in the three Olympic sliding events of skeleton, Luge and Bobsleigh. 
Kim Bum-soo, KBS World Radio News.