Snowboarder Žan Košir has won the bronze medal after defeating Frenchman Sylvain Dufour in the "small" final at the Olympic parallel giant slalom in Pyeongchang!

The grand finale escaped extraordinary Žan Košir by a mere millisecond. After the successful quarter- finals there was only one obstacle left for the 33-year-old Slovenian on the way to the finals - the host competitor Sangho Lee, who reached the third fastest time in qualifications. Košir's run started great, he was was 36 milliseconds faster at the first intermediate time, but lost two tenths of a second by the 2nd measurement and made a small mistake in the lower part, which took away some more speed. The Korean got closer and closer and finally ended up defeating Košir by a millisecond. But soon afterwards photos appeared online, featuring a television clip that shows Košir crossing the target line a little before the Korean (both by hand and by the shoe), but the official outcome remained valid.

Košir: They wanted a host in the final
"It has never happened to me that I would cross the finish line, throw my arms in the air, convinced I was the winner, and lose. They did not even want to hear [my complaint], I think they really wanted a home finalist," Košir said about the outcome of the semi-final, adding that he could not believe that they awarded the victory to the Korean.

Shouts of joy after winning the bronze
In his final appearance, Košir won the bronze medal in a match against Frenchman Sylvain Dufour, who clinched the semi-final in front of Galmarini. The duel was extremely tense, Košir started better, but Dufour caught him in the middle part. It also seemed that mere centimetres would determine the winner, but then the 35-year-old Frenchman was too direct in the bend in the lower part, losing a lot of speed, and the bronze winner was decided. The Olympic winner became Nevin Galmarini from Switzerland.