[PyeongChang 2018] Korean women's curling team clinches 1st place in round robin

GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- The South Korean female curling team clinched first place in round robin on Wednesday with a win over the Olympic Athletes from Russia at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The home team won for the sixth straight time as it defeated the OAR 11-2. South Korea, with seven wins and just one loss so far, had already qualified to move on to the semifinal as of Tuesday. South Korea will wrap up the round robin session against Denmark later Wednesday. The South Korean female cu

Olympic GamesFeb. 21, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Korea eyes medals in 3 short track events

Korea will try to snatch medals in three short track speed skating competitions on Wednesday.Male short track skaters Lim Hyo-jun, Kim Do-kyoum, Hwang Dae-heon and Kwak Yoon-gy will compete in the 5,000m relay finals at Gangneung Ice Arena. In the a heat event on Feb. 13, the four skaters clocked 6:34.510, beating the previous Olympic record of 6:36.605, held by China.The country will also compete in the quarterfinals of the men's 500m and women's 1,000m on the same day. The semifinals and the f

Olympic GamesFeb. 21, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Korea's lone Nordic combined skier says PyeongChang 2018 will be remembered forever

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- South Korea's lone Nordic combined skier Park Je-un said Tuesday his first Winter Olympic Games have been a learning experience. Park ended his Olympic campaign by finishing last among 47 contestants who completed the individual Gundersen large hill/10-kilometer event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, with a time of 31 minutes, 28.8 seconds. He was 7:36.3 behind gold medalist Johannes Rydzek of Germany"I will never forget this Olympics," he said. "It's just a pity t

Olympic GamesFeb. 21, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Naturalized forward dedicates goal to home crowd

GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- Canadian-born South Korean hockey forward Brock Radunske dedicated his first Olympic goal on Tuesday to the partisan fans who supported the team.Radunske, the first foreign native to be naturalized on the men's hockey team here, scored South Korea's first goal in its 5-2 loss to Finland in the qualification playoff match of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. With several thousand fans packing Gangneung Hockey Center, South Korea was down 3-0 when Radunske put the home tea

Olympic GamesFeb. 21, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Short tracker Shim Suk-hee finally wins medal in PyeongChang

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korean short tracker Shim Suk-hee, one of the most anticipated athletes of Team Korea at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, on Tuesday finally won her first medal, after falling short of the podium in previous events.The South Korean team won the women's 3,000 meter relay.The 21-year-old skater raked in three medals at the 2014 Winter Games as a high school student, emerging as a prominent medal hopeful in PyeongChang. In Sochi, Shim captured gold in the 3,000

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] South Korea clinches gold in women’s 3,000m short track relay

South Korea won the gold medal in the women’s 3,000 meters short track speedskating relay finals on Tuesday. Shim Suk-hee, Choi Min-jeong, Kim A-lang and Kim Ye-jin competed in the women’s 3,000 finals against the Chinese, Italian and Canadian teams at Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, one of two cities in Gangwon Province hosting the Winter Games. (Yonhap)Choi, already a gold medalist in the women’s 1,500 meters on Saturday, finished the race in 4:07.361, closely trailed by China’s Qu Chunyu. T

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] South Korean women’s curling enters uncharted territory in final four

South Korea has secured its place in the final four of women’s curling at the PyeongChang Winter Games, beating the United States 9-6 on Tuesday. The team of four Kims -- Kim Yeong-mi, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Kyeong-ae and Kim Eun-jung -- will next play in the semifinals Friday, against a yet to be determined opponent. The team has won six matches and lost one, to Japan, in the round-robin preliminaries.Tuesday’s win at the Gangneung Curling Centre marks the first time South Korea has made the semif

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Korean Olympians share moments with fans via social media

Speedskater Lee Sang-wha uploaded a picture with archrival and friend Nao Kodaira on Monday via her Instagram account, a few hours after capturing the silver in the women’s 500 meters. The post instantly garnered a torrent of likes and support messages from fans.Min Yu-ra and Alexander Gamelin (Yonhap)After certain wardrobe malfunctions put ice dancer Min Yu-ra in an awkward situation during her pairs routine with partner Alexander Gamelin on Feb. 10, Instagram users came to vigorously cheer her

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

[Graphic News] Winter Olympics: Ski jumping

　Competitors launch themselves from a takeoff ramp in an effort to fly as far as they can before touching down in the landing zone. 　Five judges mark competitors for distance and style. The four events are: men's normal hill individual, women's normal hill individual, men's large hill individual and men's team.

SportsFeb. 20, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Korea snatches ticket for semifinals in women's curling

GANGNEUNG -- Korea's women's curling team on Tuesday extended its winning streak to five games and captured a ticket to the semifinals for the first time at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.Korea rallied for a comeback win to beat the United States 9-6 in the round-robin preliminaries at the Gangneung Curling Center.Korea`s women`s curling team high-fives after winning a round-robin match against the United States at the Gangneung Curling Center during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Feb. 20,

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

[Newsmaker] South Korea’s female skaters under fire for bullying

There was something odd about the way the South Korean female skaters performed in the 500-meter team pursuit quarterfinals event at PyeongChang on Monday. 　　The three-member team -- Kim Bo-reum, Noh Seon-yeong and Park Ji-woo -- looked almost as if they were competing in an individual race, not a team pursuit. When Noh Seon-yeong, one of the team members, fell a long way behind during the race, the remaining two skaters -- Park and Kim -- left her behind and crossed the finish line without her.

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Canadian ice darlings finish in style for last-minute gold

The Canadian figure skating pair of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir conjured up a smoldering finish to secure a last-minute victory in the ice dance at the PyeongChang Winter Games on Tuesday.The Vancouver 2010 ice dance champions looked destined for silver after French rivals Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron came out strong, breaking their own free dance and combined score mark at 205.28. However, skating last to the music of “Moulin Rouge,” Virtue and Moir pulled out the dance of their li

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

Trending: #garlicgirl ‘Annie’ and her ‘mystery man’

Skip Kim Eun-jeong of the South Korean curling team, also known as “Annie,” sparked a torrent of online comments Tuesday, as multiple pictures of her standing next to a mystery man circulated via online communities.   (Screen capture from social media)In the pictures, Kim appears ecstatic and all smiles. She is seen holding hands with a broad-shouldered man. Curious fans commented beneath the post trying to figure out the man’s identity. Playing detective, one fan has speculated the man is surna

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korean freestyle skier fails to reach men's halfpipe finals

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- South Korean freestyle skier Lee Kang-bok failed to reach the finals of the men's ski halfpipe at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Tuesday.Lee finished last among 27 skiers with a score of 13.00 points and failed to advance to the final round, which is open only to the top 12 competitors. The qualification round has two runs and only the best run counts. Lee had only 5.8 points in his first run at Phoenix Snow Park in PyeongChang, 180 kilometers east of Seoul,

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

[Photo News] Two silvers, soaring ‘garlic girls’ at PyeongChang

With five days left of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Korea’s teams are faring well overall, most recently gaining two more silver medals.Korea’s ace female speedskater Lee Sang-hwa won her third Olympic medal on Sunday in the women’s 500-meter event wrought with emotion. Claiming the silver, Lee fell just short of pulling off a three-time consecutive Olympic gold streak but received thunderous support from the crowd.Cha Min-kyu clinched a surprise silver in men’s speedskating 500 on Monday, c

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Joint Korean women's hockey team loses final match to Sweden

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- The joint Korean hockey team lost its final game at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Tuesday, falling to Sweden 6-1 in the seventh place match.Korea did get its second goal of the tournament, a power play marker by forward Han Soo-jin on the team's first shot of the game in the first period, but fifth-ranked Sweden was simply too much for Korea to handle.Korea finished dead last in the eight-team competition with the loss at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung.Th

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

[KH Explains] Why Soohorang plushies instead of medals at Winter Olympic events?

If you’ve been watching the Olympics, you may have been confused to see winning athletes being handed not medals, but dolls of Soohorang, the official white tiger mascot of the PyeongChang Games.You might also have wondered whether the flower bouquets, which traditionally get presented with the medals at the Olympics, have entirely disappeared. Stuffed Soohorangs wearing a usahwa hat, which are awarded to the medalists at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics (Yonhap)Why the stuffed tigers instead of

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Even with losses piling up, unified Korean hockey team hailed as symbol of peace

GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- The once-improbable Olympic journey has come to an end for the unified Korean women's hockey team, which, even with losses piling up, has been hailed in many corners as a symbol of peace.Korea lost to Sweden 6-1 in the seventh place match of the women's tournament at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and it was the team's final contest of the competition. Korea lost all five games it played here by a combined score of 28-2.In the minds of those who engineer it all behind

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Ice dancers dedicate 'Arirang' free dance to new home country

GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- When the South Korean ice dance couple of Min Yu-ra and Alexander Gamelin decided to choose "Arirang," a Korean folk ballad, as their free dance music for the 2017-2018 Olympic season, their coaches and friends opposed the plan.Their coaches had tried to stop them, saying the audience and even judges would hardly understand the meaning and feeling of such unfamiliar music and rhythm.But they pushed forward with it and skated to the traditional folk song regarded as one

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Korean ice dance team finishes 18th after Arirang free dance

GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- South Korea's sole ice dance team of Min Yu-ra and Alexander Gamelin finished 18th in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics after performing their emotional "Arirang" free dance.Min and Gamelin scored 86.52 points in the free dance at the Gangneung Ice Arena and posted an overall 147.74 points to finish 18th. They were 16th after the short program on Monday with a score of 61.22.The gold medal went to three-time world champions and former Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Sc

Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018