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[Asian Games] S. Korea wins 1 gold, 1 bronze in team recurve archery

South Korea picked up a gold medal and a bronze medal in team recurve archery at the Asian Games on Sunday. In the women's recurve final, Jung Dasomi, Chang Hye-jin and Lee Tuk-young cruised to a comfortable 6-0 win over China in the set score to add another gold to the country's already extensive medal collection in the sport. The Chinese archers were Cheng Ming, Xu Jing and Zhu Jueman. From the get go, China put up a feeble defense against the stalwart South Koreans, shooting a 7 and an 8

Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014

[Asian Games] Women's sepaktakraw: 9-year-old South Korean supports Indonesian team

Among the supporters who came for Indonesian women's team in today's semifinal match against Myanmar, there was one young boy spotted holding a pair of cheering baloons and shouted very loudly for Indonesia. Heo Jae-hoon, 9-year-old boy from Incheon, came to support Indonesian women's team today at Bucheon Gymnasium. The match was held between indonesia and Myanmar and the Myanmar supporters were very enthusiastic, energetic, loud, and came in a large group of people; meanwhile Indonesia only ha

Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014

[Asian Games] Women's sepaktakraw: 9-year-old South Korean supports Indonesian team

[Asian Games] Men's football: Locals send cheers to foreign teams

The 2014 Incheon Asian Games is a festival for 45 different countries across the continent. Athletes and players from all except the host nation, South Korea, must wrestle with jetlag, unfamiliar weather, new foods, language barriers and even nostalgia.But here at the Goyang Stadium during men's football quarterfinals match between Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan on Friday stood locals ready to solace the foreign athletes. S-OIL workers support the Saudi Arabian team. Supporters for the Uzbekistan t

Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014

[Asian Games] Men's football: Locals send cheers to foreign teams

[Asian Games] Asiad medal standings

Asiad medal standingsThe medal standings for the top 10 countries at the Asian Games as of Saturday: Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 96 58 41 195 2 South Korea 35 42 40 117 3 Japan 32 43 38 113 4 Kazakhstan 9 10 18 37 5 North Korea 8 8 9 25 6 Ira

Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014

[Asian Games] Southeast Asia makes strong showing in sailing

The Asian Games has been known as China's, South Korea's and Japan’s festival for a very long time because the three countries always have ranked first, second and third in the medal tables.Since the New Delhi 1982 Asian Games, China, Japan, and South Korea have placed as the top three in all the Asian Games held, with just the order of those three teams varying every four years. In many sports the three countries have been outstanding.But sailing in Incheon 2014 is an exception.First of all in

Olympic GamesSept. 26, 2014

[Asian Games] Southeast Asia makes strong showing in sailing

[Asian Games] Shouts of friendship between South Korea and Saudi Arabia embrace Asia

S-OIL employees root for Saudi Arabian soccer players in Final 16 at Incheon Asian GamesSaudi Arabian cheering squad rooted for Saudi Arabian players at the soccer competition between Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan in the Final 16 at the Incheon Asian Games held in the Goyang Sports Complex on Sept. 26.Saudi Arabia defeated Uzbekistan 3-2 to advance into Final 8. On that day, the cheering squad including Saudi Arabians residing in Korea, ordinary citizens and S-OIL employees waved the Saudi Arabia’

Olympic GamesSept. 26, 2014

[Asian Games] Shouts of friendship between South Korea and Saudi Arabia embrace Asia

[Asian Games] Park anchors S. Korea to bronze in relay for 20th Asiad medal

South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan closed out his Asian Games with a bronze medal in the 4x100ｍ medley relay on Friday.Park anchored South Korea to the time of 3:39.18 for the bronze medal, sharing it with teammates Choi Kyu-woong, Chang Gyu-cheol and Park Seon-kwan.It was also Park Tae-hwan‘s 20th Asian Games medal, making him the most decorated South Korean athlete in the competition’s history.China won the gold in 3:31.17, and Japan got the silver in 3:31.70.Park leaves Incheon with one silve

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[Asian Games] S. Korea wins bowling gold, bronze in women’s doubles

South Korea picked up its first bowling gold in the women’s doubles squad event at the Incheon Asian Games on Friday, successfully defending the title it had earned in the 2010 Guangzhou Asiad.The duo of Lee Na-young and Son Yun-hee scored 2,553 points to beat out Malaysia‘s Shalin Zulkifli and Sin Li Jane, who earned2,518 points at Anyang Hogye Gymnasium in South Korea’s city of Anyang, just south of the capital city of Seoul. Another South Korean team of Lee Yeong-seung and Jung Da-wun got the

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[Asian Games] Deadly aim in Incheon

South Korea picked up two silver medals and one bronze medal in shooting competitions at the Asian Games on Friday, hitting a speed bump on its daily quest to reach the top of the podium.In the women’s rifle three-position event ― kneeling, prone and standing, the squad of Yoo Seo-young, Jeong Mi-ra and Kim Seol-a earned an aggregate 1,734 points to reach second place on the podium at Ongnyeon International Shooting Range in South Korea’s western port city of Incheon.China finished first with 1,

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[Asian Games] South Korean archers set to take armful of gold medals

South Korean archers will take aim at their familiar gold medal parade at the Asian Games, which reaches its midway point on Saturday.South Korea will compete in the women’s and men’s compound finals at Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field and aims to occupy the top podium positions.The men’s team takes on India, while female archers, who set a new world record in the quarterfinals, will confront Chinese Taipei in the gold-medal match. Korean women’s archery team (Yonhap)They will also continue their att

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[Asian Games] South Korean archers set to take armful of gold medals

[Asian Games] Fencers enjoy record haul in Asian Games

Fencers from host South Korea enjoyed a banner performance at the Asian Games over the first week of the 16-day competition, leading all countries in medals on the piste.The fencing component ended on Thursday, with South Korea having added a silver in the women’s epee team event and a bronze in the men’s foil team event.Overall, South Korea collected eight gold, six silver and three bronze medals and became the first country in Asiad fencing history to win at least eight gold medals in a single

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[Asian Games] Korean coach raising hopes in H.K. soccer

In the round of 16 men’s football match between host South Korea and Hong Kong at the Asian Games, a head coach familiar to South Korean football fans was giving orders and encouraging his players on the pitch from Hong Kong’s bench.Kim Pan-gon, who took the helm of Hong Kong’s football team in 2009, was a former South Korean defender who didn’t leave much of a mark in South Korean football.He made his Korean professional league debut in 1992 and retired after five years. He served as an assista

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[Asian Games] Korea wins silver in women's rifle 3 positions

The South Korean female team picked up the silver medal in the three-position rifle shooting event at the Asian Games on Friday.The squad of Yoo Seo-young, Jeong Mi-ra and Kim Seol-a earned an aggregate 1,734 points in the rifle three positions -- kneeling, prone and standing -- to reach second place on the podium at Ongnyeon International Shooting Range in South Korea's western port city of Incheon. China finished first with 1,737 points and Kazakhstan scored 1,727 for bronze.Though South Korea

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[Asian Games] Park relishes racing with younger rivals

South Korea's 24-year-old swimming star Park Tae-hwan, who has yet to grab any gold at the Asian Games, said Thursday he is honored to compete against young racers.After settling for four bronzes, Park grabbed the silver in the men's 100-meter freestyle Thursday to rank behind Ning Zetao of China. Shinri Shioura of Japan took the bronze."I believe the race against Chinese and Japanese swimmers in the short distance will serve as a good lesson for me," Park said, referring to Ning and Shioura.The

SportsSept. 26, 2014

[Asian Games] S. Korea routs Hong Kong for third baseball victory

Defending Asiad champ South Korea routed Hong Kong 12-0 for its third straight baseball victory on Thursday.At Mokdong Stadium in Seoul, South Korea enjoyed its third straight shutout victory in the final Group B contest. The game ended after seven innings on a mercy rule. Games at the Asiad are called if a team is up by 15 or more runs after five innings or at least 10 runs after the seventh.South Korea had already clinched a spot in the semifinals with a 10-0 win over Chinese Taipei on Wednesd

SportsSept. 26, 2014

[Newsmaker] Hagino wins his fourth swimming gold

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino won his fourth swimming gold but China ruled the pool as they shot out to a big lead on the medals table at the Asian Games Thursday.Hagino, 20, put in a strong final freestyle leg to add the 400 metres medley to his 200m medley, 200m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle titles in Incheon.“That was hard work, I felt like I could be in a bit of bother,” Hagino told reporters. “I didn’t expect to feel that tired but I kept it together somehow. Obviously the freestyle (leg) did bail

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[Newsmaker] Hagino wins his fourth swimming gold

[Asian Games] Hyped-up inter-Korean vault duel fizzles

South Korea's Yang Hak-seon takes home the silver medal in the men's vault at the Asian Games on Thursday. (Yonhap)The hyped-up inter-Korean gymnastics duel in the men's vault fizzled at the Asian Games on Thursday, with neither of the two main attractions able to take the top position on the podium. Yang Hak-seon of South Korea took the silver medal, while his North Korean rival Ri Se-gwang, after a botched landing in his first attempt, settled for fourth place. Ri had won the Asiad gold in

SportsSept. 25, 2014

[Asian Games] Hyped-up inter-Korean vault duel fizzles

[Asian Games] N. Korea wins gold in women's balance beam

North Korea's Kim Un-hyang wins gold in the women's balance beam at the Asian Games on Thursday. (Yonhap) The 23-year-old scored 14.700 points, edging out Vietnam's Thi Ha Thanh Phan, who took silver with 14.433 points, and Shang Chunsong of China, who claimed bronze with 14.300 points. Kim gave the communist country its second gymnastics gold medal. This was North Korea's first time competing in an Asian Games gymnastics event since 2006, as one of its gymnasts was caught having overreporte

SportsSept. 25, 2014

[Asian Games] N. Korea wins gold in women's balance beam

[Asian Games] Korean women’s football coach tells players to ‘stay humble’

On the eve of his team’s quarterfinals clash against Chinese Taipei in the women’s football at the Asian Games, South Korean head coach Yoon Duk-yeo said Thursday his players shouldn’t take their opponents lightly.South Korea, in pursuit of its first Asiad gold in the women’s football, finished the group stage with a perfect 3-0 record, scoring 28 goals while giving up none.Chinese Taipei, on the other hand, was winless in three group matches, with a draw and two losses with two goals scored aga

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[Asian Games] Korean women’s football coach tells players to ‘stay humble’

[Asian Games] Rowing for gold

South Korea’s Ji Yoo-jin won gold in the lightweight women’s single sculls rowing at the Chungju Tangeum Lake International Rowing Center in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, as part of the 17th Asian Games on Thursday. Ji became the second South Korean gold medal winner in rowing, following Kim Ye-ji, who won gold in the women’s single sculls on Wednesday. (Yonhap)

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