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Quick turnaround at swimming worlds part of learning curve for Hwang Sun-woo

By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOOKA, Japan, July 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean swimmer Hwang Sun-woo barely had time to celebrate his bronze medal from the men's 200-meter freestyle at the world championships Tuesday night.That's because he had another race
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Hwang Sun-woo advances to 100m freestyle semifinals at worlds

By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOKA, Japan, July 26 (Yonhap) -- About half a day after winning bronze in the men's 200-meter freestyle, South Korea's Hwang Sun-woo qualified for the semifinals in the 100m freestyle on Wednesday at the swimming world champio
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(2nd LD) Hwang Sun-woo wins bronze in 200m freestyle at swimming worlds

(ATTN: ADDS photos, details in paras 11, 13)By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOKA, Japan, July 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Hwang Sun-woo captured the bronze medal in the men's 200-meter freestyle at the world championships in Japan on Tuesday, breaking his own na
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With one nat'l record broken, swimmer Hwang Sun-woo sets sights on another

By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOKA, Japan, July 25 (Yonhap) -- After breaking one of his two national records in freestyle swimming on Tuesday in Japan, South Korean star Hwang Sun-woo quickly shifted his focus to the other record.Hwang won bronze in the men's
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Lee Ho-joon takes away valuable lessons from 1st final at swimming worlds

By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOKA, Japan, July 25 (Yonhap) -- He may have come up well short of a medal, but South Korean swimmer Lee Ho-joon still took home some valuable lessons from his first appearance in a final at a world championships.Lee finished sixth in
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Romanian swimming star Popovici experiences 'awful' feeling in botched world title defense

By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOKA, Japan, July 25 (Yonhap) -- For a while, it was playing out like deja vu all over again.In the men's 200-meter freestyle final at the world swimming championships in Japan on Tuesday night, David Popovici of Romania led the p
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Swimmer Hwang Sun-woo looks on brighter side after narrow miss for gold at worlds

By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOKA, Japan, July 25 (Yonhap) -- You can look at a bronze medal in an athletic competition in different ways: you're either the third best in your sport, or you fell two spots short of first place.For South Korean swimmer Hwang Su
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2nd worlds medal cements Hwang Sun-woo's status as next big thing in S. Korean swimming

By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOKA, Japan, July 25 (Yonhap) -- If there had been any doubt at all as to Hwang Sun-woo's status as the next big thing in South Korean swimming, it was all erased Tuesday in Japan with his second straight world championships medal
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(LEAD) Hwang Sun-woo wins bronze in 200m freestyle at swimming worlds

(ATTN: ADDS photos, details throughout)By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOKA, Japan, July 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Hwang Sun-woo captured the bronze medal in the men's 200-meter freestyle at the world championships in Japan on Tuesday, breaking his own nationa
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Hwang Sun-woo wins bronze in 200m freestyle at swimming worlds

By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOKA, Japan, July 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Hwang Sun-woo captured the bronze medal in the men's 200-meter freestyle at the world championships in Japan on Tuesday.Hwang touched the pad in the new national record time of 1:44.42
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Half-Korean Casey Phair 'very proud, very honored' to make historic debut at Women's World Cup

SYDNEY, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Half-Korean football player Casey Yujin Phair made history at the FIFA Women's World Cup on Tuesday, a proud occasion for the teenager despite her team's opening defeat to Colombia in Group H play.When Phair came o
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(2nd LD) S. Korea fall to Colombia to open Women's World Cup

(ATTN: ADDS coach's comments in paras 7-8, 20-21)SYDNEY, July 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea lost to Colombia 2-0 to begin their FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia on Tuesday, unable to overcome their first-half deficit as their knockout hopes t
(LEAD) S. Korea fall to Colombia to open Women's World Cup

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(ATTN: ADDS details throughout, photos)SYDNEY, July 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea lost to Colombia 2-0 to begin their FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia on Tuesday, unable to overcome their first-half deficit as their knockout hopes took a beating
Baseball

Padres' Kim Ha-seong enjoys 1st multihomer game

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Kim Ha-seong of the San Diego Padres has reached a new career high in home runs with his first multihomer game in the majors.Kim went deep twice against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Petco Park in San Diego on Monday (local tim
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(LEAD) Confidence growing for S. Korean relay team at swimming worlds

(ATTN: ADDS comments, details in last 5 paras)By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOKA, Japan, July 25 (Yonhap) -- As they enjoy individual success at the world swimming championships in Japan, South Korean swimmers' drive for a collective goal seems to be picking u
S. Korea fall to Colombia to open Women's World Cup

Football

SYDNEY, July 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea lost to Colombia 2-0 to begin their FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia on Tuesday, unable to overcome their first-half deficit.Catalina Usme scored a penalty in the 30th minute after defender Shim Seo-yeon
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With one record set, swimmer Kim Woo-min driven to break more

By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOKA, Japan, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Now that he got a taste of breaking a South Korean record Tuesday, freestyle swimmer Kim Woo-min said he wants to keep setting more records.Kim broke an 11-year-old national record in the men's 800
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Kim Woo-min breaks nat'l record in men's 800m freestyle at swimming worlds

By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOKA, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Kim Woo-min established a new South Korean record in the men's 800-meter freestyle at the world swimming championships in Japan on Tuesday.Kim came home in 7:47.69 in the heats for the 800m freestyle at t
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Blue Jays' Ryu Hyun-jin's return pushed to August

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The Toronto Blue Jays' South Korean starter Ryu Hyun-jin is not likely to return to the big league rotation this weekend as expected, with manager John Schneider planning another rehab game for the veteran left-hander c
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Confidence growing for S. Korean relay team at swimming worlds

By Yoo Jee-hoFUKUOKA, Japan, July 25 (Yonhap) -- As they enjoy individual success at the world swimming championships in Japan, South Korean swimmers' drive for a collective goal seems to be picking up speed.Hwang Sun-woo, Lee Ho-joon and Kim Woo