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Lee Sang-ho, who won the silver medal in snowboarding at the Pyeongchang Olympics four years ago, finished 5th in this Olympics.
He made it through the qualifiers first, but was only 0.01 seconds short of the quarterfinals.
This is reporter Bae Jung-hoon.
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Lee Sang-ho boasted his overwhelming skills in the two qualifying rounds.
He was the only one to run the course in the 30th inning and easily pass the qualifiers for 1st place, far behind other players.
Even in the round of 16, he crossed the finish line with a margin of close to a second, and had a medal prospect for the second time in a row, but ran into an unexpected reef.
In the quarterfinals, he crossed the finish line almost simultaneously in a fierce battle against Sochi Olympic gold medalist, 36-year-old veteran Russia's Big Wild.
The result was a loss of Lee Sang-ho by 0.01 seconds.
Lee Sang-ho, who checked his record, buried his head in his lap as if in disbelief, then sat down.
He was very disappointed, but he calmly accepted the result.
[Lee Sang-ho/Snowboarding National Team: It would have been better if I had won by 0.01 second, but 0.01 seconds and 1 second passed are the same, so it's okay.
Fortunately, I did everything I could, but unfortunately, I think it was over.]
27-year-old Lee Sang-ho won his heart by saying that he would not stop here.
[Lee Sang-ho / National Snowboarding Team: I will work even harder until 4 years later (Olympic) until I can win a gold medal.
(World Cup) I have a goal to win, so I will either get frustrated here or do well in the rest of the match.]
The dream of winning 2 consecutive medals was unfortunately thwarted.
However, Lee Sang-ho, a cabbage boy, does not give in and continues his challenge.
(Video coverage: Gong Jin-goo, video editing: Nam Il)