In losing to Switzerland 8-0 in their opening game of the women's ice hockey tournament at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the joint Korean team got pushed around from start to finish while managing just eight shots on net. In the aftermath, head coach Sarah Murray and her players blamed the disastrous performance on nerves. None of this should have come as a surprise, for Korea is the smalles...

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- International Olympic Committee Medical Director Richard Budgett said Sunday he was impressed by local authorities' efforts to contain norovirus here. The local organizers said that, as of Saturday, 158 cases of norovirus infections have been confirmed, but no athletes have been affected by the outbreak. Of the infected, the organizers said 139 have recovered, while 1...

PYEONGCHANG -- The joint Korean women's hockey team will look to have a bounceback game against Sweden in its second game of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Monday. Korea was hammered by the sixth-ranked Switzerland 8-0 on Saturday at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung, the host city of all ice events, located just east of PyeongChang. Despite 6,000 raucous, partisan fans behind them, includ...

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- The top sports tribunal on Friday rejected appeals filed by 47 Russians, including South Korea-born short track speed skater Victor An, against an International Olympic Committee ban from the PyeongChang Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced the rulings on the appeals of 45 athletes and two coaches who challenged the IOC decision over their alleg...

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PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- The South Korean short track speed skating team aims to start its Olympic journey on Saturday by adding another gold to its glowing medal table. The first gold medal in short track will come from the men's 1,500 meters, where three South Koreans, Hwang Dae-heon, Seo Yi-ra and Lim Hyo-jun, will compete. And Hwang is considered the most prominent skater as the 18-y...

(Shot by Park Ju-young / Edited by Park Ju-young) PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province — With just a day left until the opening ceremony, anticipation is running high among those attending South Korea’s first-ever Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang. On Thursday afternoon, roads leading up to PyeongChang Olympic Plaza were packed with vehicles, while certain pathways were closed off with heavy police...

With the Winter Olympics kicking off Friday, reporters hailing from all over the world are apparently much satisfied with the Gangneung Media Center that opened at the SEAMARQ Hotel in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. While the PyeongChang Main Press Center requires reporters to pay to use facilities, those reporters with a press pass can use facilities, including the cafeteria, free-of-charge. The...

Korea is not a newcomer when it comes to alpine skiing, but when it comes to the sport's speed events, like downhill and super giant slalom (super-G), it is. Korea formed its national team for alpine speed events in July 2016. And with Jeongseon Alpine Centre -- the venue for alpine speed events -- constructed for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the country had to send a skier who is specialize...

With just one day left until the Winter Games kick off, participants gathered at the athletes’ village in Gangneung, a subhost city of the PyeongChang Olympics, to officially welcome North Korean athletes on Thursday morning. During the event, the athletes watched a flag-raising ceremony and enjoyed various arts and cultural performances. The North Korean athletes showed a tight bond with one an...

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 athletes here at the PyeongChang Winter Games, due to her extraordinary performances in international competitions. The 16-year-old, born to Korean immigrants in the United States, currently tops Inter...

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, 51.6 percent of unmarried respondents chose short track as the sport they would most like to watch with a significant other. A total 163 men and 172 women participated in the survey. Figure skating...

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 oldest athlete competing at the Feb. 9-25 Olympic Games, if Canadian reserve curler Cheryl Bernard, who is 51, does not compete. He is 34 years older than the youngest Olympian -- 15-year-old Chines...

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 that kick off Friday. As a representative of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, Fruno called for an end to the fur trade, saying that fur has no place at an event like the Olympics. (...

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 running her practices, the starting lineup appears to be all but set. There are 23 South Koreans and 12 North Koreans on Murray's team. Under the terms set by the International Olympic Committee, the...