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[Tokyo Olympics] Much-maligned baseball player delivers clutch hits in opening win

Olympic GamesJul 30, 2021

YOKOHAMA -- Few players, if any, on the South Korean national baseball team had as much to prove as shortstop Oh Ji-hwan at the Tokyo Olympics. And it only took him one game on Thursday to demonstrat...
[Tokyo Olympics] S. Korea puts 2 pairs in badminton women's doubles semis, secures at least bronze

Olympic GamesJul 29, 2021

South Korea has secured at least a bronze medal in the women's doubles badminton event at the Tokyo Olympics, after two pairs advanced to the semifinals on the opposite sides of the bracket on Thursd...
[Tokyo Olympics] Male epee fencers looking to extend medal streak for S. Korea

Olympic GamesJul 29, 2021

TOKYO -- South Korea began the team portion of the Tokyo Olympic fencing competition with a silver medal in the women's epee Tuesday. Then the men's sabre team won gold on Wednesday. South Korea doe...
[Tokyo Olympics] Gold medal just the beginning for S. Korean sabre fencing

Olympic GamesJul 29, 2021

CHIBA -- There are few things more exciting in sports than watching Olympic athletes at the top of their game. In winning their team gold medal Wednesday night at the Tokyo Olympics, the South Korea...
[Tokyo Olympics] Moon congratulates epee fencing team, taekwondo players on Olympic medals

Olympic GamesJul 28, 2021

President Moon Jae-in sent congratulatory messages Wednesday to the members of South Korea's female epee fencing team and two taekwondo players for winning medals at the Tokyo Olympics. Moon pointed...
[Tokyo Olympics] Lee Ju-ho breaks S. Korean record in men's 200m backstroke

Olympic GamesJul 28, 2021

South Korean swimmer Lee Ju-ho set a national record in the men's 200m backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, the second swimming national mark to fall on this day. Lee finished his heat in ...
[Tokyo Olympics] S. Korea defends gold in men's team sabre fencing

Olympic GamesJul 28, 2021

South Korea captured its second straight gold medal in the men's team sabre fencing on Wednesday, joining a short list of fencing powerhouses with multiple Olympic titles in the discipline. The team...
[Tokyo Olympics] S. Korea rout 10-man Honduras to reach men's football quarterfinals

Olympic GamesJul 28, 2021

South Korea cruised into the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympic men's football tournament on Wednesday with a 6-0 victory over Honduras. Striker Hwang Ui-jo scored a hat trick in the first half agai...
[Tokyo Olympics] Record-breaking swimmer just happy to be in final in 100m freestyle

Olympic GamesJul 28, 2021

TOKYO -- Hwang Sun-woo, the 18-year-old South Korean swimmer on the cusp of becoming the country's next sporting hero, thinks he's got some sort of superpower in him. How else would you explain Hwan...
[Tokyo Olympics] Teen swimming sensation Hwang Sun-woo breaks Asian record in 100m freestyle

Olympic GamesJul 28, 2021

TOKYO -- South Korean swimmer Hwang Sun-woo set a new Asian record in the 100m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, adding to a fast-growing list of accomplishments in his burgeoning career....
[Tokyo Olympics] Coming off surgery, volleyball attacker responds to coach's faith in win

Olympic GamesJul 28, 2021

TOKYO -- After the conclusion of the last professional volleyball season in South Korea, Kim Hee-jin underwent left knee surgery in May to remove bone chips. She was about to go on an extensive rehab...
[Tokyo Olympics] Rust, improving competition conspire to keep S. Korea off top of taekwondo podium

Olympic GamesJul 28, 2021

CHIBA -- Increasing parity in taekwondo is ultimately a good thing for the traditional Korean martial art. The more countries practice taekwondo and produce Olympic medalists, the better it is for th...
[Tokyo Olympics] Beleaguered baseball team to open gold medal defense vs. Israel

Olympic GamesJul 28, 2021

TOKYO -- The defending champion South Korea will open its quest for a second straight baseball gold medal, 13 years apart, against Israel on Thursday. The national baseball team, beleaguered in ligh...
[Tokyo Olympics] Lee Da-bin wins silver in women's taekwondo

Olympic GamesJul 27, 2021

CHIBA -- South Korea's Lee Da-bin grabbed the silver medal in her first Olympic taekwondo appearance on Tuesday, winning the women's +67kg title on the last day of the taekwondo competition. Lee los...
[Tokyo Olympics] Epee fencers shake off individual disappointments to claim team silver

Olympic GamesJul 27, 2021

CHIBA -- On the first day of the fencing competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, three South Korean female epee fencers were all sent packing early. World No. 2 Choi In-jeong, in particular, ...