A U.S. outlet projected that Korea will win three gold medals and finish 15th at the Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, which opened on the 7th (local time).
Sports Illustrated (SI), a U.S. sports outlet, on the 8th released its Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics medal projections with these details.
The outlet projected that Korea will win three golds, two silvers, and two bronzes. It forecast gold medals in short track men's 1,000 meters with Lim Jong-eon (Goyang City Hall), women's 1,500 meters with Kim Gil-li (Seongnam City Hall), and the men's 5,000-meter relay.
It expected two silvers in short track women's 1,500 meters with Chey Min-jung (Seongnam City Hall) and the mixed 2,000-meter relay. Women's curling and the short track women's 3,000-meter relay were listed as bronze contenders.
Earlier, Canadian sports data firm Shore View Sports Analytics (SSA) on the 4th projected that Korea will place 14th overall with three golds, two silvers, and two bronzes.
SSA projected golds in women's snowboard halfpipe with Choi Ga-on (Sehwa Girls' High School), short track women's 1,500 meters with Kim Gil-li, and the women's 3,000-meter relay.
SI projected Norway to top the table with 16 golds, followed by the United States with 12 and Japan with nine. SSA projected Norway first with 14 golds, the United States second with 13, and Germany third with 12. It projected Japan to finish 11th with five golds.