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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
Feb. 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
Feb. 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
Feb. 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.
Feb. 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
Feb. 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
Feb. 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
Feb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] US-born forward scores Korea's 1st ever goal in Olympic women's hockey
GANGNEUNG -- US-born forward Randi Heesoo Griffin scored the first goal for Korea in Olympic women's hockey on Wednesday.Griffin scored at the 9:31 mark in the second period against Japan in Group B action at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung, cutting the deficit to 2-1. (Yonhap)Born to a Korean mother and an American father in North Carolina, Griffin has been with the South Korean national team since 2015.Marissa Brandt, a Korean-born US adoptee playing under her birth name, Park Yoon-jung, g
Feb. 14, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] NK forward back in lineup for joint hockey team vs. Japan
North Korean forward Jong Su-hyon returned to the lineup of the joint Korean women's hockey team at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Wednesday.Jong is one of four North Koreans dressed for the final Group B game against Japan, alongside 18 South Koreans, at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung, host of all ice sports during PyeongChang 2018.Jong played in the team's first game against Switzerland last Saturday on the second line but sat out the next match against Sweden with a wrist injury. Hea
Feb. 14, 2018
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‘Deep down’: Rivalry between Koreas, Japan transcends sport
GANGNEUNG, South Korea -— As South Korea’s national soccer coach prepared to play Japan in a 1954 World Cup qualifier, President Syngman Rhee, who’d been liberated, with the rest of Korea, from Japan’s brutal colonial rule in 1945, had some advice should the Koreans lose: “Don’t think about coming back alive,” he supposedly told the coach. “Just throw yourself into the Genkai Sea.”There are sports rivalries, and then there’s Korea versus Japan — an often toxic mix of violent history and and poli
Feb. 14, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] IOC: USA Hockey free to use Statue of Liberty on masks
The International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that American hockey goalies Nicole Hensley and Alex Rigsby are free to use the images of the Statue of Liberty on their masks, without any modifications.USA Hockey spokesman Dave Fischer said Tuesday they were in talks with the IOC to settle the issue regarding the images on the two US goaltenders’ masks.However, an IOC spokesman said, “There seems to have been a misunderstanding, we have not asked for the symbol to be removed.” (Yonhap)According
Feb. 14, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Skeleton slider begins quest for gold, men's hockey team debuts
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- South Korean skeleton slider Yun Sung-bin will begin his quest for South Korea's first Olympic medal on tracks Thursday.Yun will take part in the first two runs of the men's skeleton at Olympic Sliding Centre in PyeongChang, starting at 10 a.m.The medalists will be determined by their total times after four races. The final two runs are scheduled for Friday.Yun enters the PyeongChang Winter Olympics as the heavy favorite. The 23-year-old is the world No. 1 this season
Feb. 14, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Brothers on men's hockey team hoping to combine for 1st Olympic goal
GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- Should the South Korean men's hockey team score its first Olympic goal ever during PyeongChang 2018, chances are it could come from one of two highly skilled brothers.Kim Ki-sung, 32, and Kim Sang-wook, 29, are linemates on the team's top forward unit, alongside American-born Mike Testwuide.The Kim brothers have been teammates for more than 20 years, starting at elementary school and all the way to their professional club, Anyang Hall in the Asia League Ice Hockey. They
Feb. 14, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Even money can’t buy sunglasses modeled after Olympic rings
Sunglasses in the shape of the Olympic rings, which have gained mounting interest online, are available for free, but you will have to be quick.The iconic sunglasses in the shape of the Olympic rings are being handed out at the Medals Plaza within the PyeongChang Olympic Plaza. They will be given out randomly during the Olympic Games period, but it’s first come, first served. The sunglasses are not sold at official goods stores of the PyeongChang Olympics. This has led them to “sell out” within
Feb. 13, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Father says 'American dream' after daughter's gold in halfpipe
PYEONGCHANG -- Kim Jong-jin, father of new Olympic champion snowboarder Chloe Kim, said Tuesday it was a dream come true when his daughter claimed the gold medal in the women's halfpipe at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.It was an American dream."I've dreamed about this," said Kim, speaking after his daughter's gold medal run. "My dream came true. American dream."Kim immigrated to the United States in 1982. His support and devotion to Chloe were so famous that it was even made into a television
Feb. 13, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Women's halfpipe champion says family drives her run
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- US snowboarder Chloe Kim said Tuesday it was her family that drove her magnificent gold medal run at the PyeongChang Olympics.Kim, born to South Korean immigrants in the United States, won the women's halfpipe with a score of 98.25 points at Phoenix Snow Park in PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul. She became the youngest American woman to win gold in a snowboard event."I think today I really did it for my family and everything they've done for me," Ki
Feb. 13, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korean figure skating star Cha Jun-hwan gaining confidence
GANGNEUNG -- Korean figure skating star Cha Jun-hwan said Tuesday he is gaining balance in skating and getting more confident in competing at his first Olympics in PyeongChang."I'm still on the way to recovering from the flu. Still, there is a long way to go," the 16-year old said after a 40-minute training session at the main rink of the Gangneung Ice Arena. "But I'm getting better and better. I'm working very hard." Korea`s figure skating star Cha Jun-hwan skates in a practice session at the G
Feb. 13, 2018
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Snow Queen: Kim dominates to take gold in women's halfpipe
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- Chloe Kim's coronation is complete.The 17-year-old from Torrance, California, dominated the Olympic women's halfpipe snowboarding final on Tuesday, soaring to a gold medal four years in the making. Chloe Kim, of the United States, jumps during the women’s halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP)Kim put up a score of 93.75 on the first of her three finals runs and then bettered it with a
Feb. 13, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Joint Korean hockey team eliminated in preliminary round after 2nd straight loss
GANGNEUNG -- The joint Korean women's hockey team was eliminated in the preliminary round at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Monday, following its 8-0 loss to Sweden.Korea suffered its second straight loss in Group B play, at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung, site of all ice events during the Olympics, two days after falling to Switzerland 8-0. The shots were 50-19 for Sweden.Korea needed to finish in the top two in Group B to reach the knockout stage. And with the two losses, it won't get
Feb. 13, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Snowboard sensation Chloe Kim makes dominant Winter Games debut
US snowboard sensation Chloe Kim made a dominant Winter Games debut in her parents' land as she reached the finals in the women's halfpipe as the top qualifier.Born to Korean immigrants in the United States, Kim scored 95.50 points in her second qualifying run and claimed the top position among 24 halfpipe competitors at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics at Phoenix Snow Park in PyeongChang, 180 kilometers east of Seoul. She had 91.50 in her first qualifying run. She was the only rider who scored m
Feb. 12, 2018