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Yun's the one: South Korea gets men's skeleton Olympic gold

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Somehow, Yun Sungbin felt no pressure.

He's a 23-year-old who was expected to win gold and nothing else at these Pyeongchang Olympics, in his home country, with thousands of his countrymen showing up early on a Friday morning to chant his name and await a coronation.

A daunting task? Not for skeleton's new king.

Yun won for fun at these Olympics, dominant by every single measure. 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.