Home favorite Yun claims men's skeleton gold in PyeongChang, China's Geng finishes 13th

PYEONGCHANG - South Korean Yun Sungbin pleased home crowds with his gold medal of men's skeleton at Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games here on Friday.

Yun clocked 3 minutes and 20.55 seconds after four heats.

Olympic Athlete from Russia Nikita Tregubov took the silver, while the bronze medal went to Dom Parsons of Britain.

"It is not my effort alone that got me this medal. I would like to thank all my team for helping me, encouraging me. It is still unbelievable that I got the gold medal. I would like to again thank everyone on my team for always encouraging me," said Yun.

"Getting the gold medal in any Olympics is a very great result but getting the gold here in my home country is a very great honor, much bigger than that," Yun added.

Geng Wenqiang finished 13th in 3:24.65 in China's debut in the event on the Winter Olympics stage, as top 20 competitors after three heats could make it to the final heat.