South Korea's mixed doubles curlers Jeong Yeong-seok and Kim Seon-yeong have finally found some form at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, bouncing back from a dismal run with back-to-back wins that have lifted spirits if not their medal hopes.

The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics' sports programme began on Wednesday with the curling mixed doubles, which started two days before the opening ceremony in Milan. Four matches will be held at the Cortina Olympic Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Wednesday in the first sporting event at the 2026 Games which officially run between February 6-22.

The 23-year-old used to be part of South Korea’s national figure skating reserve team. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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