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[Asian Games] Park Min-soo gets bronze in men's pommel horse
South Korean gymnast Park Min-soo won the bronze medal in the men's pommel horse at the Asian Games on Wednesday. Park scored 14.700 points on the apparatus, behind his Japanese rival Masayoshi Yamamoto, who won gold with 15.033 points, and Uzbeki Abdulla Azimov, who took silver with 14.866 points. The bronze makes up for Park's disappointing all-around on Tuesday, where he'd finished 10th due to his poorer-than-expected performance on the high bar. The 19-year-old had been largely considere
SportsSept. 24, 2014
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[Asian Games] N. Korean Hong Un-jong scores women's vault gold
North Korean gymnast Hong Un-jong claimed the gold medal in the women's vault at the Asian Games on Wednesday. The freckled 25-year-old scored 15.349 points, executing one of the toughest moves with cutting precision. Oksana Chusovitina, a 39-year-old from Uzbekistan who had her maiden Olympic gold at the 1992 Barcelona Games, won silver with 14.750 points. Vietnam's Thi Ha Thanh Phan took bronze with 14.683 points. This was North Korea's first competition at an Asian gymnastics event
SportsSept. 24, 2014
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[Asian Games] Four S. Koreans advance to individual recurve knockout stage
Four South Korean archers qualified for the first elimination rounds at the individual recurve event at the Asian Games on Wednesday. In the men's division, Lee Seung-yun topped the qualifying table with a total of 1,377 points in recurve of 90m, 70m, 50m and 30m. Oh Jin-hyek and Ku Bon-chan were tied for second place with 1,362 points, but Oh, the 2012 London Olympic gold medalist, held the edge in inner-10s over Ku. Kim Woo-jin, the fourth and last member on the South Korean men's recurve
SportsSept. 24, 2014
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[Asian Games] N. Korean lifter grabs silver in women's 69㎏
North Korean weightlifter Ryo Un-hui picked up the silver medal in the women's 69-kilogram eventat the Incheon Asian Games on Wednesday, claiming a 15th medal for the communist country. The 21-year-old hoisted 121㎏ in the snatch, an Asian Games record, and 141㎏ in the clean and jerk for a total of 262㎏, 6㎏ short of the Chinese gold medalist Xiang Yanmei's 268㎏. Chinese Taipei's Huang Shih Hsu ended at third place with 233㎏. By leading the field in the snatch, Ryo set herself up for a duel a
SportsSept. 24, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korean female fencing snatches gold in foil team
South Korea's female fencing squad seized its fifth consecutive Asiad gold in the women's foil team event at the Incheon Games. Jeon Hee-sook and her teammates Nam Hyun-hee, Oh Ha-na and Kim Mi-na routed the Chinese team of Wang Chen, Chen Bingbing, Liu Yonqshi and Le Huilin 32-27 in the women's fencing foil team event held in Goyang Gymnasium. For Jeon, it was her second gold won in Incheon. South Korea has dominated the discipline since 1998, extending its winning streak to five. Japa
SportsSept. 24, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korean fencers win gold in men's team sabre
South Korea's male fencers claimed the team sabre title at the Asian Games Wednesday, bringing home the first Asiad gold in the event in 12 years. The team of Gu Bon-gil, Kim Jung-hwan, Oh Eun-seok and Won Woo-young romped the Iranian side of Mojtaba Abedini Shormasti Seyed Ali Esmaeilzadeh Pakdaman, Mohammad Rahbarikoyakhi and Farzad Baher Arasbaran 45-26 in the men's sabre team gold-medal match in Goyang Gymnasium, on the outskirts of Incheon, the host city of the 17th Asiad. South Korea
SportsSept. 24, 2014
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[Asian Games] Bronze at worlds
Korea’s Son Yeon-jae captured the bronze medal in the individual hoop final at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Izmir, Turkey, Tuesday. Son will leave Turkey on Sept. 27 and go straight to the athletes’ village for the Asiad. She will compete in the preliminary round of individual all-around on Oct. 1. (EPA-Yonhap)
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[Asian Games] For ‘God of Vault,’ gold comes before style
For all the dramatic flair that his eponymous move “Yang 2” carries, South Korean gymnast Yang Hak-seon says he’d rather play it safe at the Asian Games final in the men’s vault.“I’ll have to see on the day of the final if I should indeed go for ‘Yang 2,’” said the two-time world champion in an interview with Yonhap. “My scores would suffer if I attempt it and fail. Winning the gold is more important.” Yang has two vault moves named after himself: the “Yang” and “Yang 2.” The first one sees him
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[Asian Games] S. Korea wins gold, bronze in rifle prone
South Korea grabbed a team gold and an individual bronze in the women’s 50-meter rifle prone event at the Asian Games on Wednesday.The trio of Na Yoon-kyung, Eum Bit-na, and Jeong Mi-ra put together 1,855.5 points to take the gold medal at Ongnyeon International Shooting Range in the country’s western port city of Incheon, achieving their second consecutive Asiad victory in this event.Korea’s Na Yoon-kyung (from left), Jeong Mi-ra and Eum Bit-na pose after winning gold in the rifle prone on Wedn
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[Asian Games] S. Korean fighter nabs gold medal in wushu
South Korean wushu fighter Kim Myeong-jin won gold in the men’s sanda under-75 kg event at the Incheon Asian Games on Wednesday.In a closely contested final held at Ganghwa Dolmens Gymnasium in the western port city, Kim defeated Iran’s Hamid Reza Ladvar by the round score of 2-1.After losing the first round, Kim, 26, turned the match around by winning the remaining rounds. Wushu fighter Kim Myeong-jin celebrates his gold medal. (Yonhap)“Even after the first round was over, I was sure of winnin
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[Asian Games] S. Korea wraps up judo with mixed results
As the judo competition at the Incheon Asian Games ended, South Korean judokas left with different expressions on their faces.Among the four golds the squad acquired in the individual events at the Asiad, three were claimed by female fighters, while only one male judoka, Kim Jae-bum, won a gold.Jeong Gyeong-mi, the eldest on the women’s team, topped the women’s under-78-kilogram class to become the first South Korean woman fighter to defend her Asiad title. Kim Seong-yeon and Joung Da-woon also
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[Asian Games] Korea wins team gold in men's 25m rapid fire pistol
South Korea clinched another shooting gold at the Asian Games on Wednesday, this time in the men's 25-meter rapid fire pistol.The trio of Jang Dae-kyu, Kim Jun-hong and Song Jong-ho combined for 1,747 points for gold at Ongnyeon International Shooting Range in South Korea's western port city of Incheon. The golden victory came minutes after the female squad claimed the top podium finish in the 50m rifle prone.China's Li Yuehong, Hu Haozhe and Zhang Jian won silver with1,746 points, followed by
Olympic GamesSept. 24, 2014
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[Asian Games] Kim Ye-ji wins gold in women's single sculls rowing
(Yonhap)Kim Ye-ji of South Korea took the gold medal in rowing in the women's single sculls event on Wednesday at the Asian Game.Kim finished her 2-kilometer race in 8:46.52, 13.39 seconds faster than the silver medalist, Lee Ka Man of Hong Kong.This is only the second rowing gold medal for South Korea at an Asiad. The race this year took place in Chungju Tangeum Lake Rowing Center in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, about 150 kilometers south of Seoul.Kim trailed Lee by 2.75 seconds at the
Latest NewsSept. 24, 2014
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[Asian Games] South Korea wins 1 gold, 1 bronze in women's 50m rifle prone
South Korea grabbed a team gold and an individual bronze in the women's 50-meter rifle prone event at the Asian Games on Wednesday. The trio of Na Yoon-kyung, Eum Bit-na, and Jeong Mi-ra put together 1855.5 points to take the gold medal at Ongnyeon International Shooting Range in the country's western port city of Incheon, achieving their second consecutive Asiad victory in this event. (Yonhap) China took silver with 1854.1 points, and the Malaysian team got an aggregate 1853.6 points for br
Olympic GamesSept. 24, 2014
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[Asian Games] Korea shocks China to win men's badminton team gold
South Korea upset China to take the gold medal in the men's badminton team event on Tuesday at the Asian Games.South Korea defeated China 3-2 in the team competition at Gyeyang Gymnasium that involved three singles matches and two doubles matches.China had won the two previous Asian Games gold medals in the men's team competition.South Korean team players and staff react after beating China in men's badminton team event on Tuesday. (Yonhap)Son Wan-ho defeated Chen Long in the opening singles mat
Olympic GamesSept. 24, 2014
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[Asian Games] Korea wraps up judo with mixed results
(Yonhap)As the judo competition at the Incheon Asian Games ended Tuesday, South Korean judokas left with different expressions on their faces.Among the four golds the squad acquired in the individual events at the Asiad, three were claimed by female fighters, while only one male judoka, Kim Jae-bum, won a gold.Jeong Gyeong-mi, the eldest on the women's team, topped the women's under 78-kilogram class to become the first South Korean woman fighter to defend her Asiad title. Kim Seong-yeon and Jou
Olympic GamesSept. 24, 2014
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[Asian Games] Chinese Taipei's Lin Tzu Chi breaks world records in women's 63㎏ weightlifting
Two more world records were set in weightlifting at the Asian Games on Tuesday as lifters from China and Chinese Taipei continued to flex their muscles on the way to the podium. Lin Tzu Chi of Chinese Taipei broke world records in the clean and jerk and the total weight to win the gold medal in the women's63㎏ on Tuesday. She hoisted 145㎏ for the clean and jerk record and had a total of 261㎏, 4㎏ above the previous record. Lin broke the total world record twice on Tuesday, first reaching 259㎏
Olympic GamesSept. 23, 2014
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[Asian Games] Typhoon feared to cause rainouts at Asian Games
Some outdoor events at the Asian Games may be rained out later this week as a powerful typhoon is approaching South Korea, organizers said Tuesday. Typhoon Fung-Wong, packing winds of up to 14 meters per second, is expected to bring up to 60 millimeters of rain Wednesday to this western port city where the Asiad is held, according to local weather officials. "The organizing committee plans to run events in accordance with international regulations governing (weather-related delays)," said a
Olympic GamesSept. 23, 2014
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[Asian Games] South Korea gets two bronze medals in gymnastics
South Korean gymnasts Lee Sang-wook and Yun Na-rae won bronze medals in the men's and women's individual all-around finals at the Asian Games on Tuesday. Lee scored a total of 87.200 points from the floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar, giving South Korea its first Asiad medal in the men's individual all-around in 12 years. Yuya Kamoto and Masayoshi Yamamoto, both of Japan, took the gold and silver. Kamoto scored 87.950 points and Yamamoto earned87.500
Olympic GamesSept. 23, 2014
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[Asian Games] Park Tae-hwan wins third swimming bronze at Asiad
South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan won the bronze medal in the men's 400-meter freestyle race on Tuesday. Park finished the race in 3:48.33, falling behind Sun Yang of China and Kosuke Hagino of Japan. Park came up short of winning his third straight Asian Games gold in this distance. Sun won his first gold medal in Incheon with 3:43.23, and Hagino finished second with 3:44.48. South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan races in the men`s 400-meter freestyle race at the Asian Games in Incheon on Tue
Olympic GamesSept. 23, 2014