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(Olympics) Wounded speed skater gets healing from inspirational support

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- From an earlier surgery to repair a torn ligament, South Korean speed skater Kim Bo-reum has stitch marks on her knee. What you can't see is the emotional scar running even deeper inside her.Kim's hea
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(LEAD) (Olympics) Once teen prodigy, speed skater Chung Jae-won comes into his own with mass start silver

(ATTN: ADDS comments throughout)By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Chung Jae-won was born in the first year of the 21st century, a bundle of speed skating potential waiting to be tapped.The first glimpse of that talent came four years ago at P
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(Olympics) Once teen prodigy, speed skater Chung Jae-won comes into his own with mass start silver

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Chung Jae-won was born in the first year of the 21st century, a bundle of speed skating potential waiting to be tapped.The first glimpse of that talent came four years ago at PyeongChang 2018, when Chung, all
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(Olympics) Veteran speed skater adds record-setting medal to Olympic legacy

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Over his illustrious Olympic career spanning four competitions, South Korean speed skater Lee Seung-hoon has done nothing but win medals.And with the bronze medal in the men's mass start at Beijing 2022 o
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(Olympics) Speed skater Kim Bo-reum finishes 5th in women's mass start

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Kim Bo-reum ranked fifth in the women's mass start in speed skating at Beijing 2022 on Saturday, falling short of her second straight medal in the event.Kim finished the 16-lap race at the National Speed
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(LEAD) (Olympics) Speed skaters Chung Jae-won, Lee Seung-hoon win silver, bronze medals in men's mass start

(ATTN: ADDS details, photo)By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Chung Jae-won and Lee Seung-hoon grabbed silver and bronze medals in the men's mass start in speed skating at Beijing 2022 on Saturday, for the country's t
(Olympics) Speed skaters Chung Jae-won, Lee Seung-hoon win silver, bronze medals in men's mass start

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By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Chung Jae-won and Lee Seung-hoon grabbed silver and bronze medals in the men's mass start in speed skating at Beijing 2022 on Saturday, for South Korea's third and fourth medals from
(URGENT) (Olympics) Speed skaters Chung Jae-won, Lee Seung-hoon win silver, bronze medals in men's mass start

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(Olympics) S. Korea way out of contention in final bobsleigh competition

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean teams found themselves well outside podium positions on Saturday at halfway point of the last bobsleigh competition of Beijing 2022.After the first two of four runs in the four-man bobsleigh
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(Olympics) S. Korea IOC Ryu Seung-min re-elected as vice chair of Athletes' Commission

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Ryu Seung-min has been reelected as vice chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission.The IOC announced Saturday that Ryu, the 2004 Olympic men's tab
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(Olympics) Bobsleigh pilot looking to repeat last-day drama

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean bobsleigh pilot Won Yun-jong led his four-man team to an unexpected silver medal on the final day of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.With Beijing 2022 drawing to a conclusion Sunday, Won
(Olympics) schedule-Day 16

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BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- The following is the list of events for South Korean athletes on Sunday at the Beijing Winter Olympics. All starting times are local.- Bobsleigh (Yanqing National Sliding Centre)Four-man Heat 3 (9:30 a.m.)Four-man Heat 4
(Olympics) medal standings

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Beijing, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) -- Below are the medal standings for the top 10 countries and South Korea at the Beijing Winter Olympics as of Friday. ※ ROC stands for the Russian Olympic Committee. Because
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(Olympics) Speed skaters off podium in only event for S. Korea

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) -- With Beijing 2022 heading into the final weekend, Friday was the quietest day for South Korea in the Chinese capital so far.The men's 1,000m speed skating race was the only event involving South Korean at
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(LEAD) (Olympics) Speed skaters well out of medals in men's 1,000m

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 5-6)By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean speed skaters Cha Min-kyu and Kim Min-seok finished way outside medal contention in the men's 1,000m race at Beijing 2022 on Friday.In their final races at th
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(Olympics) Speed skater fueled by top performers

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) -- By the time he had finished his turn in the men's 1,000m speed skating race in Beijing on Friday, Cha Min-kyu was already out of medal position.There were 10 skaters still to come at the National Speed Sk
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(Olympics) With 2 bronze medals bagged, speed skater sees himself as future Olympic champion

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean speed skater Kim Min-seok arrived in Beijing for his second Winter Olympics believing he had done enough work to finally win a coveted gold medal.Then reality slapped him in the face.This isn'
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(Olympics) Speed skaters well out of medals in men's 1,000m,

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean speed skaters Cha Min-kyu and Kim Min-seok finished way outside medal contention in the men's 1,000m race at Beijing 2022 on Friday.In their final races at the National Speed Skating Oval in
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(Olympics) Speed skater going for record-setting medal in likely last Olympics

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) -- Beijing 2022 could be the final Winter Games for the speed skater Lee Seung-hoon, who shares a South Korean Winter Olympic record with five career medals.Lee will take his one last crack at a medal at the Nat
(Olympics) schedule-Day 15

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BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) -- The following is the list of events for South Korean athletes on Saturday at the Beijing Winter Olympics. All starting times are local.- Bobsleigh (Yanqing National Sliding Centre)Four-man Heat 1 (9:30 a.m.)Four-man Heat