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Korea wins 12th gold as men's football team fizzles

South Korean wrestler Kim Hyeon-woo bites his gold medal during the men's 66kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games. (London Olympic Joint Press Corps)South Korea took one step closer to matching its record for the most gold medals at a single Olympics, but a disappointing game by the men's football team dampened positive vibes from Tuesday.South Korean Kim Hyeon-woo won t

Aug. 8, 2012

Korea wins 12th gold as men's football team fizzles

Liu out of Olympics in heats again

Former champion Liu Xiang left the Olympics Games in the first heat of the 110-meter hurdles for the second time in a row, clutching his right Achilles after he crashed into the first obstacle.It left one of the signature races of the games without one of its main characters, as many had hoped to see China's Liu challenge defending champion Dayron Robles and this year's top performer Aries Merrit

Aug. 7, 2012

Bolt frustrated by London’s ‘weird’ Olympic rules

LONDON (AP) ― Being the fastest man on Earth doesn’t get you through security any quicker at the Olympics.There’s no cutting the line for Usain Bolt or getting London’s rigid regulations relaxed.And the Olympic champion’s not happy about it. Especially when the security guards hold him up ahead of his showpiece 100-meter event.“I was in the line, we were waiting to run and the guy was telling me to line up straight,” Bolt said early Monday. “I was like, ‘Really? We’re about to run and they are g

Aug. 7, 2012

Suhr snaps Isinbayeva’s run

Grenada’s Kirani James wins Olympic 400 titleLONDON (AP) ― Jenn Suhr walked with a purpose over to the stands to see her husband, who gingerly wrapped an American flag around her shoulders while she sobbed into his chest.Yes, they’ve come a long way together. From training in a pair of huts connected together to form a jumping pit ― to winning an Olympic gold medal on her sport’s grandest stage.Suhr, who won the silver medal in Beijing and has since fought through an Achilles injury and a long,

Aug. 7, 2012

[Photo] Cheering for Korea

CHEERING FOR KOREA -- Cho Yang-ho (third from left, second row), president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, cheers South Korea together with other officials in the semifinal of the men’s team table tennis against Hong Kong in London on Monday. South Korea beat Hong Kong 3-0. (London Olympic Joint Press Corps)

Aug. 7, 2012

Pistol medalists share room, desire to win

LONDON (Yonhap News) ― Living with a roommate can be wrought with problems, especially for athletes who can be as sensitive and particular about their preparations as Olympic shooters.On Sunday, the day of the men’s 50-meter pistol event at the London Olympics, roommates Jin Jong-oh and Choi Young-rae found themselves in a rush to get ready for their 9 a.m. start, and barely had time to acknowledge each other. Just a few hours later at the Royal Artillery Barracks, they stood next to each other

Aug. 7, 2012

Taekwondo chiefs confident of high-quality event

LONDON (AFP) ― World taekwondo officials claim they still have the best fighters at the Olympic Games despite having several world champions missing.Taekwondo has been rocked by scandals in recent times, not least British taekwondo’s decision to pick world No. 59 Lutalo Muhammad instead of the top-ranked fighter in the world, Aaron Cook.Another issue is that while there are 16 divisions (eight each for men and women) at the World Championships, there are only half that number at the Olympics and

Aug. 7, 2012

Team USA lands top seed

LONDON (AP) ― Kevin Durant shot the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team out of trouble, and right into the top seed in their group.Durant scored 17 of his 28 points during the Americans’ explosive 42-point third quarter, turning a one-point game into a blowout that sent the U.S. soaring into the quarterfinals with a 126-97 victory over Argentina on Monday night.The NBA scoring champion matched the Argentines’ point total in the period, going 5-of-6 from 3-point range, the last one from well beyon

Aug. 7, 2012

Yang captures Korea’s first-ever gymnastics gold

Yang Hak-seon of South Korea won his country’s first-ever Olympic gymnastics gold medal on Monday.Yang posted an average score of 16.533 points after two attempts in the men’s vault final of the London 2012 Olympics. Denis Ablyazin of Russia placed second with 16.399 on average.It is the first gymnastics gold medal for South Korea in the 52 years since its Olympic debut in Rome in 1960. The country had won four silver and as many bronze medals before Yang. In his first attempt, the 20-year-old p

Aug. 7, 2012

Yang captures Korea’s first-ever gymnastics gold

[Photo] Running for the beloved one

Dominican Republic’s Felix Sanchez honors his grandmother with a photograph of her after winning gold in the men’s 400-meter hurdles final on Monday at the Olympic Stadium in London. His grandmother died while Sanchez was in the 2008 Beijing Olympic. (AP-Yonhap News)

Aug. 7, 2012

Algerian Olympic runner reinstated for 1,500 final

Algerian middle-distance runner Taoufik Makhloufi was reinstated for the 1,500-meter final after being disqualified from the London Olympics for allegedly not trying hard enough in the 800-meter heats Monday morning.Makhloufi had already qualified for Tuesday's 1,500 final, where he was a likely medal contender, when he stopped running in the first lap of his 800 heat.The race referee ruled that t

Aug. 7, 2012

Taekwondo chiefs confident of high-quality event

LONDON - World taekwondo officials claim they still have the best fighters at the Olympic Games despite several world champions and world number ones missing.Taekwondo has been rocked by scandals in recent times, not least British Taekwondo's decision to pick world number 59 Lutalo Muhammad instead of the top ranked fighter in the world, Aaron Cook.Another issue is that while there are 16 division

Aug. 7, 2012

US NBA stars rout Argentina to stay unbeaten

LONDON - Kevin Durant scored 28 points and the US NBA Dream Team defeated Argentina 126-97 on Monday to remain undefeated and book an Olympic quarter-final date Wednesday against Australia.The result completed the entire medal playoff pairings, which will see the Americans face Argentina or Spain in the semi-finals if they defeat the Aussie Boomers, who knocked Russia from the ranks of the unbeate

Aug. 7, 2012

'Superman' Sanchez regains Olympic title

(Yonhap News)LONDON - Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic stormed to victory in the men's 400m hurdles Olympic title on Monday and then paid an emotional tribute to his late grandmother.Sanchez won in a time of 47.63sec, taking a title he first collected at the 2004 Athens Games.The 34-year-old, whose time was the same as the one he ran in Athens, beat home American Michael Tinsley, who ran a

Aug. 7, 2012

'Superman' Sanchez regains Olympic title

Walk champion Schwazer admits doping, career over

LONDON - Italy's reigning 50km walk champion Alex Schwazer admitted doping on Monday and said his career was over after he was withdrawn from the Olympics for failing a drugs test."My career is over. I made a mistake. I wanted to be stronger for this Olympics, I was wrong," Schwazer told Italy's ANSA news agency."I take full responsibility for what has happened. I did it by myself, it was my idea.

Aug. 7, 2012

Men's football team takes on Brazil in semis in Manchester

(London Olympic Joint Press Corps)LONDON -- The men's football team, after upsetting Britain in the quarters, will take on Brazil in the semifinals at Old Trafford, home of the Premier League giant Manchester United. This is the first Olympic semifinal appearance for South Korea, which is seeking its first-ever Olympic football medal.The women's handball team faces Russia in the quarters, while th

Aug. 7, 2012

Men's football team takes on Brazil in semis in Manchester

Gymnast wins dreamy gold; rifle shooter comes from behind for silver

South Korean gymnast Yang Hak-seon had a dream this week that he went home empty-handed from the London Olympics. He didn't remember where he'd finished in the dream, but when he was back home, none of his friends and teammates would talk to him."I even said during that dream, 'I wish this was a dream,'" said Yang. "Guys would just ignore me. It just left a bad taste in my mouth when I woke up."

Aug. 7, 2012

Gymnast wins dreamy gold; rifle shooter comes from behind for silver

Kim Jong-hyun wins silver in men's 50-meter rifle 3 positions

South Korean Kim Jong-hyun won the silver medal in the men's 50-meter rifle 3 positions event Monday at the London Olympics. Kim fired 1,272.5 points total for his first Olympic medal. He shot 1,171 points in qualification and 101.5 points in the final.Niccolo Campriani of Italy cruised to the gold with 1,278.5 points, while Matthew Emmons of the U.S. took the bronze at 1,271.3 points.Kim erased a

Aug. 6, 2012

Kim Jong-hyun wins silver in men's 50-meter rifle 3 positions

[Photo] Lightning fast

TNING LIGHTNING FAST — Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (left) crosses the finish line ahead of Jamaica’s Yohan Blake (right), United States’ Justin Gatlin(second from right), United States’ Ryan Bailey (third from right) and Netherlands’ Churandy Martina to win gold in the men’s 100-metersprint final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday. (AP-Yonhap News)

Aug. 6, 2012

Bolt dashes to gold with 9.63

LONDON (AP) ― Pulling away from the pack with every long stride, Usain Bolt crossed the finish line and wagged his right index finger.Yes, he’s still No. 1 in the 100-meter dash. Maybe not better than ever, but Bolt is definitely back.Only sixth-fastest of the eight runners to the halfway mark Sunday night, Bolt erased that deficit and overwhelmed a star-studded field to win in 9.63 seconds, an Olympic record that let him join Carl Lewis as the only men with consecutive gold medals in the marque

Aug. 6, 2012