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[Asian Games] S. Korea wins first-ever silver in team rhythmic gymnastics
South Korean earned its first-ever silver medal in the rhythmic gymnastics team event at the Incheon Asian Games Wednesday.The team of Son Yeon-jae, Lee Da-ae, Gim Yun-hee and Lee Na-kyung collected a combined 164.046 points from the four apparatus routines in the team final held in Namdong Gymnasium, southern Incheon, after Uzbekistan with 170.130.South Korea had previously collected two team bronzes in 1998 and 2002.For the team event, a team of four gymnasts compete in 12 routines, with the t
More SportsOct. 1, 2014
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[Asian Games] Cricket - It's a 'funny' game
INCHEON -- While cricket is a foreign sport in many Asian nations, it has a huge following in other parts of Asia and the world. Cricket is like a religion in India, and also has a strong grip on its neighbors. It’s not surprising then that at these Asian Games, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka picked up the gold, silver, and bronze respectively in the women’s competition. Unfortunately India didn’t send a team in either the men’s and women’s events, likely due to their national players bein
Olympic GamesOct. 1, 2014
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[Asian Games] IBC, the home to CCTV and NHK for 2014 Incheon Asian Games
The International Broadcasting Center (IBC) is a facility where television, radio, and other forms of broadcast companies come together to provide its services to their flagship stations, connecting the Asian Games to the rest of Asia.The IBC is located at the Songdo Convensia, a center where companies had held meetings and exhibitions before its conversion into the International Broadcasting Center it is today.Songdo Convensia, IBC Headquarters (Alex Isacc)“The IBC contains 20 broadcasting comp
Olympic GamesOct. 1, 2014
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[Asian Games] Lee Na-young captures bowling gold
South Korea’s Lee Na-young (Yonhap)Lee Na-young of South Korea won the gold medal in the women’s bowling all-events competition at the Asian Games on Tuesday, becoming the country’s first triple-gold winner at the ongoing Asiad.The 28-year-old Lee scored 5,132 points in the individual event and the duo, triple and five-member team competitions combined in Anyang, east of the Asiad host city of Incheon, to reach the top of the podium.The individual winner was determined based upon the aggregate p
More SportsSept. 30, 2014
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[Asian Games] Soft tennis gold
South Korea’s Kim Hyeong-jun won the soft tennis gold medal in the men’s singles event at the Asian Games on Tuesday. Kim dispatched Edi Kusdaryanto of Indonesia 4-0 in just 13 minutes at Yeorumul Tennis Courts’ Show Court in the Asiad host city. (Yonhap)
More SportsSept. 30, 2014
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[Asian Games] North Korea seeks revenge against Japan
North Korea will eye revenge against Japan in the upcoming women’s football gold medal match, the team’s coach said Tuesday.Kim Kwang-min will lead the North Korean women’s squad against Norio Sasaki’s Japanese side in the final set for Wednesday at Munhak Stadium. It will be a rematch of the gold medal match at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, where Japan prevailed 1-0.The win gave Japan its first Asiad gold in women’s football and snapped North Korea’s gold medal streak at two.On the
More SportsSept. 30, 2014
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[Asian Games] Doping tests catch only small fry
Dope testing at this year’s Asian Games has been more stringent than ever ― and so far only two of the more than 9,500 athletes taking part in the regional Olympic-style event have tested positive.No big names, no gold medals taken away, no world records stricken from the books.But is that a good thing?Officials administering the anti-doping regime at the games acknowledge that as hard-core dopers grow more sophisticated and better versed in how to avoid detection, in-competition doping tests at
More SportsSept. 30, 2014
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[Asian Games] Two Koreas unified on football ground
South Koreans forgot decades-long political tensions, at least for 90 minutes, on Monday, cheering not only their compatriot footballers but those from North Korea waging a battle for a spot in the Asiad final.The inter-Korean showdown in the semifinal match in South Korea's western port city of Incheon was fierce; South Korea was bent on the seemingly elusive goal of clinching the first-ever Asiad gold in the women's football, while the North aimed to take the title back after eight years in th
More SportsSept. 29, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korea captures gold in men's doubles tennis
South Korean tennis duo of Lim Dong-kyu and Chung Hyeon clinched gold in the men's doubles at the Asian Games on Monday, ending the country's 28-year gold medal drought in the event.Lim and Chung beat Saketh Sai Myneni and Sanam Krishan Singh 7-5, 7-6 (2) in the men's doubles tennis final at Yeorumul Tennis Courts.The eighth-seeded pair had beat the fourth seed Indian team of Divij Sharan and Yuki Bhambri in full sets in the semifinals.After nearly three and a half hours of rain delay, the match
More SportsSept. 29, 2014
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[Asian Games] Ogunode sets sights on Bolt
Qatar’s Femi Ogunode poses with his gold medal-winning time. (Yonhap)Asian 100-meter champion Femi Ogunode says he can outsprint Usain Bolt to gold at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro ― even without the help of a coach.The Nigerian-born runner took the gold medal for his adopted country Qatar with a continental record of 9.93 seconds at the Asian Games in Incheon.Ogunode, 23, clocked the joint fifth-fastest time in the world this year despite dispensing with his coach four months ago and opti
More SportsSept. 29, 2014
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[Asian Games] Stretching for gold
Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae takes part in a practice session for the Asian Games on Monday. The rhythmic gymnastics competition starts on Wednesday. (Yonhap)
More SportsSept. 29, 2014
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[Asian Games] Korea looks to break Thai defense
When South Korea and Thailand clash in the men’s football semifinals at the Asian Games on Tuesday, something has to give: Neither team has given up a goal in five matches so far.On the eve of the showdown at Munhak Stadium in Incheon, South Korean head coach Lee Kwang-jong said his team will end Thailand’s shutout streak.“Thailand is a skilled team with good organization,” Lee said at a pre-match press conference. “But since we’re playing at home, we’re quite determined to win.” South Korea eke
SoccerSept. 29, 2014
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[Asian Games] Korea eyes multiple titles in taekwondo
The Korean traditional martial art of taekwondo will begin its Asian Games competition on Tuesday, with the host expected to collect multiple titles.A total of 16 weight classes, eight each for men and women, will be contested. A country can be represented in up to 12 of them, half a dozen each for men and women.On the first day, South Koreans will be featured in the men’s 74 kg and 87 kg, and the women’s 49 kg and 53 kg. Yoon Jeong-yeon, the reigning Asian champ in the women’s 53 kg, is seen as
More SportsSept. 29, 2014
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[Asian Games] Sighs of relief after baseball gold medal
It was as ugly as a game of this magnitude can get, but South Korea will gladly take its 6-3 victory over Chinese Taipei for the gold medal at the ongoing Asian Games here.South Korea went down earlier and clawed back into the game in unsightly fashion. In the eighth, the tying run that made it 3-3 came on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch. The go-ahead run later in the same inning was scored on a grounder to second.Only Hwang Jae-gyun’s clean single to right, scoring two runs that dealt one final blo
BaseballSept. 29, 2014
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[Asian Games] Korean Cho Gwang-hee wins gold in 200m individual kayak sprint
South Korean paddler Cho Gwang-hee picked up gold in the K-1 (kayak single) 200-meter race in the men's sprint event on Monday at the Incheon Asian Games. The 20-year-old came home in first place in a time of 35.464 seconds, seizing the first Asiad gold medal in the discipline for the host country since its last win at the 1990 Asian Games. Uzbekistan's Ernest Irnazarov came in second place in 36.531 seconds, while Japan's Seiji Komatsu secured the bronze with a time of 36.754 seconds. The South
SportsSept. 29, 2014
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[Asian Games] Host eyes multiple titles in taekwondo
The Korean traditional martial art of taekwondo will begin its Asian Games competition on Tuesday, with the host expected to collect multiple titles.A total of 16 weight classes, eight each for men and women, will be contested. A country can be represented in up to 12 of them, half a dozen each for men and women.On the first day, South Koreans will be featured in the men's74㎏ and 87㎏, and the women's 49㎏ and 53㎏. Yoon Jeong-yeon, the reigning Asian champ in the women's 53㎏, is seen as a gold med
SportsSept. 29, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korea wins gold medal in baseball
South Korean baseball players react after winning the final match against Chinese Taipei during the 17th Asian Games Incheon Sept. 28. (Yonhap)INCHEON (Yonhap) – South Korea captured its second straight Asiad baseball gold medal at home on Sunday, defeating Chinese Taipei 6-3.The host scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning to erase an early deficit on a rainy night at Munhak Baseball Stadium.With South Korea clinging to a 4-3 lead in the eighth, Hwang Jae-gyun knocked in two more runs
Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korean duo reaches finals in men's doubles tennis
INCHEON (Yonhap) – The South Korean duo of Lim Yong-kyu and Chung Hyeon reached the final of the men's doubles tennis at the Incheon Asian Games on Sunday, after a come-from-behind victory over an Indian team in three sets.In the semifinals held on the center court of Yeorumul Tennis Courts, Lim and Chung pulled off a 2-1(6<8>-7 7-6<6> 11-9) win against India's Divij Sharan and Yuki Bhambri in 2 hours, 15 minutes.The South Korean men lost the first set, but tied the match in the second set. As t
Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korean women's handball team reaches final
INCHEON (Yonhap) – The South Korean women's handball team cruised to the final of the Incheon Asian Games after defeating Kazakhstan 41-30 on Sunday.South Korean captain Woo Sun-hee scored 10 goals to help her country in the semifinal held at Seonhak Handball Gymnasium in this port city.Kazakhstan hung tough for the first 15 minutes and the teams were tied at 9-9 early. Then South Korea poured in five unanswered goals to take the lead at 14-9 and finished the first half at 20-16.Kazakhstan ate i
Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korea takes badminton silver in men's doubles
INCHEON (Yonhap) -- South Korea's badminton duo of Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the Asian Games on Sunday.The Indonesian team of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan thrashed the world's No. 1 team of Lee and Yoo 2-1 (16-21, 21-16, 21-17) at Gyeyang Gymnasium in South Korea's western port city of Incheon.South Korea lost a chance to win its first Asiad gold in the men's doubles in 12 years.
Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014