His four-run time of 3 minutes, 20.55 seconds was a staggering 1.63 seconds ahead of silver medalist Nikita Tregubov of Russia — the largest victory margin in Olympic skeleton history, and the largest margin in any Olympic sliding event since 1972. Someone, someday, might win a skeleton race at the Olympics by a bigger margin. Yun's lead kept growing and growing: 0.31 seconds after one heat, 0.74 seconds after two, 1.02 seconds after three. The average winning margin in a men's World Cup skeleton race this season was 0.37 seconds. On a national holiday in South Korea — the start of a lunar new year — Yun became a national hero.

Source: ABC News February 16, 2018 03:42 UTC