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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
(Olympics) medal standings

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Beijing, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- Below are the medal standings for the top 10 countries and South Korea at the Beijing Winter Olympics as of Thursday. ※ ROC stands for the Russian Olympic Committee. Becau
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(LEAD) (Olympics) S. Korea's You Young, Kim Ye-lim finish in top 10 in women's figure skating

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 6-7)By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean figure skaters You Young and Kim Ye-lim both ranked in the top 10 in the women's singles competition at Beijing 2022 on Thursday, wrapping up their Olympic de
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(Olympics) Figure skater sees room for improvement after ranking 6th in Olympic debut

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- When You Young looked up at the final scoreboard in the women's singles figure skating competition at Beijing 2022 on Thursday, she saw five skaters above her.The South Korean teenager also saw room for g
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(Olympics) Figure skater left with 'bittersweet' feelings after Olympic debut

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- Deep inside, Kim Ye-lim knew she had done her absolute best. She couldn't be happier with her effort.Once the South Korean figure skater saw her free skate score at Beijing 2022 Thursday night, though, sh
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(Olympics) Figure skaters notch top-10 finishes in debuts; curling team sent home

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean figure skaters You Young and Kim Ye-lim marked solid Olympic debuts with top-10 finishes on Thursday at Beijing 2022.You finished sixth overall with 213.09 points, after scoring 142.75 points in
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(Olympics) S. Korea's You Young, Kim Ye-lim finish in top 10 in women's figure skating

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean figure skaters You Young and Kim Ye-lim both ranked in the top 10 in the women's singles competition at Beijing 2022 on Thursday, wrapping up their Olympic debuts with strong free skate perfo
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(Olympics) Figure skating champion Nathan Chen 'impressed' with S. Korean's performance after fall

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- As the reigning Olympic men's figure skating gold medalist and a three-time world champion, Nathan Chen knows a good skater when he sees one.And from Beijing 2022, the American star came away impressed wi
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(Olympics) Short track champion considers Beijing gold her most valuable medal

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- Of the five Winter Olympic medals she has won in short track speed skating, Choi Min-jeong sees the most recent one as her most valuable, because of the emotional roller-coaster ride she had leading up to tha
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(Olympics) Short tracker skates around officiating controversy

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- Having collected two medals in the aftermath of a refereeing controversy at Beijing 2022, South Korean short track speed skater Hwang Dae-heon is staying above the fray."I was very disappointed at the t
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(Olympics) Curlers determined to keep going after emotional loss in Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- The second Winter Olympics together for South Korea's Team Kim ended prematurely in women's curling on Thursday, but the curlers said missing out on the knockout stage in Beijing doesn't have to m
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(LEAD) (Olympics) S. Korea eliminated in women's curling

(ATTN: ADDS details throughout, photos)By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was knocked out of the women's curling tournament at Beijing 2022 on Thursday following an 8-4 loss to Sweden in the final round-robin match.South Korea,
(LEAD) (Olympics) schedule-Day 14

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(ATTN: REMOVES biathlon, freestyle skiing, curling events after S. Koreans' elimination)BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- The following is the list of events for South Korean athletes on Friday at the Beijing Winter Olympics. All starting times are lo
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(Olympics) S. Korea eliminated in women's curling

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was knocked out of the women's curling tournament at Beijing 2022 on Thursday following an 8-4 loss to Sweden in the final round-robin match.South Korea, which won a surprise silver medal in 2
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(Olympics) Despite hurdles, S. Korea still rules in short track speed skating

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- After helping South Korea to the silver medal in the women's 3,000m relay in short track speed skating at Beijing 2022 last Friday, Choi Min-jeong spoke about how she and her teammates "did the best
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(Olympics) Speed skating medalists in pursuit of 2nd medal in Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- A pair of South Korean speed skating medalists will be back at the oval for a chance to win their second medal in Beijing on Friday.Kim Min-seok, the men's 1,500m bronze medalist from Feb. 8, and Cha Min-