Para cross-country skier wins record 5th medal for Korea

Kim Yun-ji celebrates after competing in the women’s 20-kilometer interval start sitting cross-country skiing event at the Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium during the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics in Tesero, Italy, Sunday. Yonhap

Para cross-country skier Kim Yun-ji clinched her fifth medal at the Winter Paralympics in northern Italy on Sunday, winning the cross-country skiing 20 kilometer interval start race.

She finished the race in 58 minutes and 23.3 seconds.

The gold was her fifth medal of the Games, setting a record for the most by a Korean athlete at a single Olympics — summer, winter and Paralympics combined.

Kim became the first Korean woman to capture a Winter Paralympic gold medal after winning the women's individual sitting title in para biathlon and has earned three more silver medals.