Snowboarder Lee Sang-ho, center, celebrates after winning a gold medal in the 2023-24 International Ski Federation World Cup parallel slalom in Germany on Saturday. With the gold, Lee topped the parallel slalom discipline with 313 points in total, becoming the overall winner in the discipline. He came to prominence at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics where he claimed a silver medal. [YONHAP]

 
Snowboarder Lee Sang-ho, 28, won a gold medal in parallel slalom at the 2023-24 International Ski Federation World Cup in Germany on Saturday. 
 
Lee surpassed silver medalist Andreas Prommegger of Austria by 0.24 seconds in the final, earning 100 points to top the overall parallel slalom World Cup standings with a total of 313 points.
 
Lee has won two gold medals this season, earning his first in January in Bulgaria where he also edged out Prommegger for the top spot.  
 
The 2023-24 World Cup season that started in October last year will end on March 24 in Canada.

BY PAIK JI-HWAN [paik.jihwan@joongang.co.kr]