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[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korean skater Cha Jun-hwan places 15th after short program
South Korean figure skating star Cha Jun-hwan broke his personal best score in the short program at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Friday, becoming the first South Korean man to capture a ticket to free skating in 20 years.The 16-year-old gained a personal high of 83.43 points to place 15th in the men's singles figure skating short program held in Gangneung Ice Arena. His previous best was 82.34 set at the 2017 Junior World Championships.It is also 5.73 points higher than the 77.70 he earned
SportsFeb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] N. Korean alpine skier hoping to make friends during Winter Games
North Korea's sole female alpine skier at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics said Friday she is expecting to make friends during her stay in South Korea. Kim Ryon-hyang, who competes in the women's alpine technical events, told reporters that she has yet to make friends from other countries but is looking to make one. North Korean alpine skier Kim Ryon-hyang speaks to reporters after finishing her first run in the women's giant slalom event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics at Yongpyong Alpine Cen
More SportsFeb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Skeleton world champion Dukurs 'not happy' with no medal in PyeongChang
Latvian star skeleton slider Martin Dukurs on Friday expressed disappointment in his performance at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, where he failed to clinch a medal.The reigning skeleton world champion finished fourth, clocking a combined time of 3 minutes, 22.31 seconds after four heats in the men's skeleton event held at Olympic Sliding Centre in PyeongChang. Martins Dukurs of Latvia reacts. (Reuters-yonhap)South Korea's Yun Sung-bin won gold, becoming the first Asian to win a medal in the
More SportsFeb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Vomiting Shiffrin complains of 'virus' at Olympic slalom
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin vomited and complained of virus-like symptoms after a disappointing first leg in Friday's Olympic slalom.Shiffrin, who claimed gold in Thursday's giant slalom, finished fourth and said she had vomited at the start gate."Not very well," she said when asked how she felt at the start."I don't know, it was kind of sudden. It almost felt like a virus kind of puking, less about nerves."USA's Mikaela Shiffrin reacts after competing in
More SportsFeb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korean Olympic athletes mark Lunar New Year with joint traditional ceremony
South Korean Olympic athletes took part in a joint ceremony on Friday to mark the Lunar New Year, when Koreans pay respects to their ancestors and eat a family meal with traditional soup. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee set the table for the traditional service for ancestors at Team Korea House in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, as the Olympic athletes celebrate the Lunar New Year apart from their families. (Yonhap)Every name of the 220-member Team Korea was recited as the joint service began.
More SportsFeb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Joint Korean hockey coach hoping for another shot at Japan
The joint Korean women's hockey head coach Sarah Murray said Friday she'd like nothing more than another shot at Japan during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, after losing to the bitter rival in a hard-fought contest just two days earlier.The unified team, made up of 23 South Koreans and 12 North Koreans, has been knocked out of medal contention after three losses in the preliminary round. The last of those was a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Japan on Wednesday.But both Korea and Japan, which had o
More SportsFeb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] British IOC member expelled from Olympics after run-in with security
A British International Olympic Committee member was sent home from the Winter Olympics, Thursday, following an altercation with a security guard.Adam Pengilly, one of three British IOC members, was accused of injuring a guard who blocked his path.According to South Korean public broadcaster KBS, the incident took place on Thursday at around 8:40 a.m.The security guard claimed that he asked Pengilly to use the footpath rather than the bus lane. But Pengilly allegedly swore at him and at Korea, s
Olympic GamesFeb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Kim Yu-na spotted cheering for S. Korean skeleton slider
South Korean figure staking Olympic champion Kim Yu-na on Friday was spotted cheering for Korean athlete Yun Sung-bin, who is closing in on the host country's first Olympic skeleton gold medal.Kim, a two-time Olympic medalist, was seen on the bleachers near the finish zone at Olympic Sliding Centre in PyeongChang, where the third heat of the men's skeleton event is under way. (Yonhap)Wearing a beanie and a black mask, Kim was seen applauding as Yun crossed the finish line. Yun maintained his lea
More SportsFeb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] South Korea's Yun Sung-bin wins gold in men's skeleton
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Yun Sung-bin became the first Asian to stand on the podium in an Olympic skeleton competition with his gold medal run Friday.Yun, currently No. 1 in the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) rankings, claimed gold in the men's skeleton competition at the 23rd Winter Olympics, with a combined time of 3 minutes, 20.55 seconds after four runs. He was 1.63 seconds faster than the silver medalist Nikita Tregubov of the Olympic Athletes from Russia. Y
Olympic GamesFeb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Events for South Korea on Day 8
The following is the list of events for South Korean athletes on Saturday at the2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. All times are local. Austria`s Katharina Liensberger competes in the Women`s Slalom at the Jeongseon Alpine Center during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang on February 16, 2018. (AFP-Yonhap)- Biathlon (Alpensia Biathlon Centre)Women's 12.5km mass start (8:15 p.m.)- Curling (Gangneung Curling Centre)Men's round robin session 6 (South Korea vs Britain) (2:05 p.m
Olympic GamesFeb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korea to take crack at two short track titles
South Korea could grab multiple gold medals in one day for the first time at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Saturday.Two short track speed skating finals -- in the men's 1,000 meters and the women's 1,500 meters -- are scheduled for Saturday at Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung. (Yonhap)Lim Hyo-jun, the men's 1,500m champion from last Saturday, will chase his second gold medal. He is one of three South Koreans to have made it to the quarterfinals, but as fate would have it, Lim, Seo Yi-ra and
More SportsFeb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korean female curling team beats Canada in surprise move
GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea’s female curling team on Thursday defeated Canada, considered the strongest gold candidate, in its first event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. During the competition held at the Gangneung Curling Centre, the team achieved a score of 8-6 against Canada. The Canadians lead the world in the sport and posted 13 consecutive wins at last year’s 2017 World Women‘s Curling Championship.The South Korean women`s curling team competes against Canada during the
Olympic GamesFeb. 15, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] ‘Proud’ American parents cheer on adopted daughter on Korean hockey team
GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- Greg and Robin Brandt are proud hockey parents. They have not one, but two daughters playing in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics here this month.Sisters Hannah and Marissa Brandt (Instagram: @marissacbrandt)The twist: their two daughters, Marissa and Hannah, actually play for two different countries.Marissa Brandt, 25, is a minute-eating defensewoman for the joint Korean team. Born in South Korea, she was adopted by the Brandts as an infant, and after regaining her
Olympic GamesFeb. 15, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] North Korean figure skating pairs team sets personal best to finish 13th at PyeongChang
GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- North Korean figure skating pairs team of Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik on Thursday established new personal best scores at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. In the free skating held at the Gangneung Ice Arena, Ryom and Kim earned 124.23 points to break their previous personal high of 119.9 points. With a personal best 69.40 points in the short program on the previous day, they earned 193.63 points overall, the highest total of their career, to finish 13th. It‘s the hi
North KoreaFeb. 15, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Puck for Korea’s 1st Olympic goal headed to Hockey Hall of Fame
GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- The puck used in Korea’s historic first goal in Olympic hockey is going to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, an official with the competition‘s organizing committee said Thursday. Martin Hyun, deputy sport manager for hockey at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, said he secured the “historic puck” on Wednesday after Randi Heesoo Griffin scored for the joint Korean team against Japan in the second period at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung. It was the inaugural g
Olympic GamesFeb. 15, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] South Korean speed skater Park Seung-hi thanks fans for support
GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- Speed skater Park Seung-hi, who finished her Olympic career on ice this week, expressed gratitude to fans for their support on Thursday. “I would like to express deep gratitude for the many people who encouraged my challenge, which could also seem reckless,” Park wrote on her Instagram page. South Korean speed skater Park Seung-hi (Yonhap) The converted short tracker participated in her third Olympics here at the PyeongChang Winter Games -- her first as a speed ska
Olympic GamesFeb. 15, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] South Korean skeleton star set for coronation as new king on track
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- South Korean skeleton star Yun Sung-bin is set for a coronation as the new king of the sliding track on Friday. After the first two of four runs Thursday, Yun found himself comfortably in first place at Olympic Sliding Centre in PyeongChang after breaking the track record twice. He broke it the first time in his opening run of 50.28 seconds, improving the previous record, held by Martins Dukurs of Latvia, by 0.36 second. In the second run held about an hour later
Olympic GamesFeb. 15, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] NK taekwondo team heads back home after four shows
North Korean taekwondo performers returned home on Thursday, wrapping up their nine-day trip to South Korea.The 28-member group crossed the inter-Korean border to the North via Dorasan Customs, Immigration and Quarantine office in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas. North Korean taekwondo performers and officials return to the North via western land route. (Yonhap)The North Korean-led International Taekwon-Do Federation team led by chief Pak Yong-chil pa
North KoreaFeb. 15, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] South Korea’s sole Nordic combined skier disappointed by Olympics debut
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea’s lone Nordic combined skier Park Je-un expressed regret Thursday that he failed to overcome his nerves during his first Winter Olympics performance. Park finished 46th among 47 competitors in the individual Gundersen normal hill/10-kilometer event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Wednesday with a time of 30 minutes, 56.5 seconds. He was more than six minutes slower than gold medalist Eric Frenzel of Germany. Although he became the first South
Olympic GamesFeb. 15, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Over 60 pct of S. Koreans support proposed inter-Korean summit: poll
Six out of ten South Koreans think the two Koreas should hold another round of bilateral summit talks, a poll showed Thursday, amid an inter-Korean rapprochement driven by the Olympic Games currently under way in PyeongChang. According to the Realmeter survey of 500 adults nationwide, 61.5 percent were in favor of a meeting between President Moon Jae-in and his northern counterpart Kim Jong-un.North Korea`s female cheerleading squad stages a performance in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, on the si
North KoreaFeb. 15, 2018