Koreans win silver, bronze medals in men's freestyle skiing at Winter Asiad

Yoon Jong-hyun of Korea performs his routine in the men's freestyle skiing big air event at the Asian Winter Games at Yabuli Ski Resort in Yabuli, China, Feb. 12. Yonhap

Yoon Jong-hyun and Shin Yeong-seop nabbed silver and bronze medals in freestyle skiing at the Asian Winter Games in China on Wednesday.

Yoon earned 169.50 points for the silver medal in the men's big air event at Yabuli Ski Resort, some 200 kilometers southeast of the main host city, Harbin, while Shin scored 165.25 points for the bronze medal.

Rai Kasamura of Japan got the gold with 183.50 points.

Skiers each performed three runs and their two best scores were added for their final total.

Yoon had 88.25 points in his first run and 81.25 points in the second run.

Shin had only 67.50 points in the first run, but improved to 77.25 and then to 88.00 in his next two opportunities.

This was the final day of freestyle skiing competition and Korea finished with one gold, one silver and three bronze medals.

The big air event made its Asiad debut on Wednesday. Korea did not have anyone in the women's big air. (Yonhap)