Ga-on claims historic snowboarding gold for South Korea
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MILAN, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea won a medal in snowboard for the second straight day at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday, with the 18-year-old Yu Seung-eun claiming the bronze medal in the women's big air event.