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[PyeongChang 2018] Korean-American snowboarder feels no pressure from her star status in PyeongChang

Korean-American snowboarding sensation Chloe Kim said Thursday that she tries not to feel pressure from the huge expectations on her at the PyeongChang Olympics. Kim is one of the most anticipated a...

Feb 8, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Short track preferred winter spectator sport for a date

The majority of respondents from a matchmaking survey would choose short track as the sport to watch on a date during the PyeongChang Winter Games. According to a survey from matchmaking service Duo...

Feb 8, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang's oldest athlete aims at eight Olympic appearances

GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- Finnish curler Tomi Rantamaeki has one big title even before the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics kicks off. The 49-year-old from Finland's mixed double curling team is the...

Feb 8, 2018
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[Photo News] PETA stages anti-fur protest at PyeongChang ahead of Winter Olympics

ANTI-FUR PROTEST AT OLYMPICS -- Animal rights activist Ashley Fruno stages an anti-fur protest Tuesday while wearing just a bikini at subzero temperatures in PyeongChang, ahead of the Winter Games th...

Feb 8, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Hockey coach tells bench players to hold heads high, work for ice time

More than a dozen players will be on the outside looking in whenever the joint Korean women's hockey team plays at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. And given the way head coach Sarah Murray has been ...

Feb 8, 2018
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Trump wishes Korea well for PyeongChang Olympics

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday wished South Korea well for the PyeongChang Olympics, saying it will be a chance to showcase the "great nation." "Best wishes to the Republic of ...

Feb 8, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Joint Korean hockey coach credits NK assistant for building chemistry

GANGNEUNG -- It all seemed like a disaster in the making when the South Korean women's ice hockey team of 23 was asked to play with 12 North Koreans for the PyeongChang Olympics -- only about two wee...

Feb 7, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Short tracker Hwang Dae-heon prepares for Korea's 1st medal on ice

GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- South Korean short tracker Hwang Dae-heon, who will participate in four events for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, said Wednesday he aims to have a "no-regret" race for his...

Feb 7, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Medal hopeful Lee Sang-hwa joins teammates at Gangneung Oval

Lee Sang-hwa, considered a medal favorite for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, kicked off her training in the Olympic city of Gangneung on Tuesday. The skater, who returned home from Germany on Mond...

Feb 6, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang 2018's top organizer confident of sellout

The top organizer of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics said Tuesday he's confident of a sellout at the quadrennial competition. Lee Hee-beom, head of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the ...

Feb 6, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korean figure skater Cha Jun-hwan eyes top 10 at PyeongChang

GANGNEUNG -- Korea's figure skater Cha Jun-hwan is well prepared to make a top-10 finish at his first Olympics in PyeongChang, his Canadian coach said Tuesday. "After he won nationals and earned his...

Feb 6, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Joint Korean hockey team players separated at athletes' village

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- Members of the joint Korean women's hockey team will stay in separate apartment buildings inside their athletes' village during the PyeongChang Winter Games. The joint te...

Feb 5, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] 'Super Bowl Monday' as PyeongChang hosts watch party

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- It was "Super Bowl Monday" here in PyeongChang on the first day of the working week. On a frigid morning in the mountains in the eastern part of South Korea on Monday, fa...

Feb 5, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korean unified women's hockey team to don uniform by Finnish brand

GANGNEUNG -- The unified Korean women's ice hockey team will don a uniform made by a different company than every other team in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, officials said Friday. Nike has manuf...

Feb 2, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Rehearsal of PyeongChang opening ceremony set for Saturday

A rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics will be held Saturday, its organizing committee said. The event will be held at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium at 8 p.m. before 2...

Feb 2, 2018
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