18-year-old AG gold medalist Kang Jun-i, runner-up at Skateboarding World Championships

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Myeong-eon = Korean skateboarding star Kang Jun-i (18, Red Bull) won a valuable silver medal at the World Championships.

At the 2026 World Skate Games Skateboard Men's Street Finals held in Asuncion, Paraguay on the 18th (local time), Kang Jun-i received 89.21 points for the run and 90.11 points for the trick, earning a total score of 179.32 points and taking second place.

The gold medal went to Kinu Onodera (Japan), who scored 182.26 points.

The score difference between Kangjun and winner Onodera was 2.94 points.

The bronze medal was also taken by Japan's Daiga Nagai (166.18 points).

Skateboard Street showcases skills in an arena modeled after street structures such as stairs, railings, and benches.

Scoring is based on a score out of 100 for the 'Run', which involves freely navigating the course for 45 seconds, and the 'Trick' score, which shows a single, difficult technique, and then the ranking is determined by adding the total score out of 200.

In the final trick section on this day, the competition was so difficult that only 3 out of 8 finalists succeeded in the trick, but Kang Jun-i completed the difficult trick without wavering and won a valuable silver medal.

Kang Jun-i, who previously won a gold medal at the Asian Games and a silver medal at the World Championships, once again proved his international competitiveness by winning one after another in competition with the world's top athletes.