Winter sports fans, rejoice! 🌨️ China's Yin Zheng just carved his name into ice history with a bronze medal at the IBSF Skeleton World Cup in Cortina, Italy – and this comeback story is colder than the track itself! ❄️
From Seventh to Stunner
The 35-athlete showdown saw Yin blast off from seventh position, clocking a jaw-dropping 56.79-second first run – not just a personal best, but the fastest time ever recorded on Cortina's rebuilt Eugenio Monti track! 🚀 This put him temporarily atop the leaderboard, outsliding even eventual gold medalist Matt Weston of Britain.
Nail-Biting Final Heat
Though Yin's second run (57.23s) dropped him to 11th in that heat, his combined 1:54.02 time secured third place overall. Austrian Samuel Maier took silver, while Chinese teammates Chen Wenhao and Zhu Haifeng tied for eighth – showing China's growing skeleton depth ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics! 🇨🇳
Women's Team Progress
On the women's side, Zhao Dan (last season's Yanqing World Cup champ) finished eighth with 1:56.96, while Li Yuxi placed 18th. With three years until Milano-Cortina 2026, these results hint at China's winter sports ambitions heating up! 🔥
