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(Olympics) Short track speed skater going after 1st medal in Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- After three days' worth of races, South Korea finally has its first gold medal in short track speed skating at Beijing 2022.On Friday, Choi Min-jeong will try to add to that total.Choi, the double gold me
(EDITORIAL from Korea Times on Feb. 10)

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Olympic spirit in tattersUnfair, biased refereeing mars Beijing GamesCriticism is flaring up over unfair and biased refereeing decisions at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games. Despite the usual "home advantage" of a host country, the irration
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(LEAD) (Olympics) Hwang Dae-heon skates past judging controversy for short track gold

(ATTN: ADDS comments at bottom)By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- Hwang Dae-heon couldn't have imagined a worse start to Beijing 2022, his second Winter Olympics.Last Saturday at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, the South Korean short tra
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(Olympics) 'Be Like Mike': how S. Korean short track champion looked to Michael Jordan for inspiration

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- Hours after being disqualified from the men's 1,000m short track speed skating race at Beijing 2022 on Monday, South Korean Hwang Dae-heon posted a quote from Michael Jordan on his Instagram.It read: &quo
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Beijing, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- Below are the medal standings for the top 10 countries and South Korea at the Beijing Winter Olympics as of Wednesday. ※ ROC stands for the Russian Olympic Committee. Becau
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(Olympics) With rousing race, short tracker gives S. Korea 1st gold in Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- A day after winning its first medal of Beijing 2022, South Korea finally collected its first gold medal in the Chinese capital Wednesday.Hwang Dae-heon captured the men's 1,500m short track speed skating t
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(Olympics) Hwang Dae-heon skates past judging controversy for short track gold

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- Hwang Dae-heon couldn't have imagined a worse start to Beijing 2022, his second Winter Olympics.Last Saturday at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, the South Korean short track speed skater and his mixed r
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(LEAD) (Olympics) Hwang Dae-heon wins men's 1,500m short track title for S. Korea's 1st gold in Beijing

(ATTN: AMENDS headline; ADDS details throughout, photos)By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean short track speed skater Hwang Dae-heon captured gold in the men's 1,500m at Beijing 2022 on Wednesday, bouncing back from a recent offi
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(Olympics) Short tracker Hwang Dae-heon wins gold in men's 1,500m

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean short track speed skater Hwang Dae-heon captured gold in the men's 1,500m at Beijing 2022 on Wednesday, bouncing back from a recent officiating controversy for the country's first gold in
(URGENT) (Olympics) Short tracker Hwang Dae-heon wins gold in men's 1,500m

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(LEAD) (Olympics) S. Korea voices concerns about short track judging in meeting with int'l officials

(ATTN: ADDS details at bottom, photo)By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean leaders at Beijing 2022 met virtually with senior international skating officials Wednesday to express their concerns about the state of refereeing in short tr
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(Olympics) S. Korea voices concerns about short track judging in meeting with int'l officials

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean leaders at Beijing 2022 met virtually with senior international skating officials Wednesday to express their concerns about the state of refereeing in short track speed skating.The Korean Sport &
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(Olympics) S. Korean curling skip feeling comfortable, hoping to stay that way in Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean women's curling skip Kim Eun-jung knows she can't afford to grip her stone too tight, or it can ruin her team's chances.She feels she is at her best when she is relaxed and not distrac
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(2nd LD) (Olympics) Curler rooting for Canadian fiancee, against S. Korea coached by his father

(ATTN: ADDS comments at bottom, photo)By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- With his father coaching the South Korean women's team and his fiancee competing for Canada, Beijing 2022 is a family affair for the Canadian male curler Brett Gallant
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(Olympics) Curling coach expects S. Korea to thrive under less pressure in Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- At the previous Winter Games in South Korea four years ago, the women's curling team representing the host country made an improbable run to the final and claimed the silver medal, becoming the darling of
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(LEAD) (Olympics) Curler rooting for Canadian fiancee, against S. Korea coached by his father

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 8-9, photo)By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- With his father coaching the South Korean women's team and his fiancee competing for Canada, Beijing 2022 is a family affair for the Canadian male curler Brett Gall
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(LEAD) (Olympics) Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan caught up in numbers game

(ATTN: UPDATES with finalized program elements in paras 15-16)By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- In figure skating today, it's the numbers game that people play.The current International Skating Union (ISU) judging system assigns points to
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(Olympics) Curler rooting for Canadian fiancee, against S. Korea coached by his father

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- With his father coaching the South Korean women's team and his fiancee competing for Canada, Beijing 2022 is a family affair for the Canadian male curler Brett Gallant.Because of travel restrictions and he
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(Olympics) Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan caught up in numbers game

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- In figure skating today, it's the numbers game that people play.The current International Skating Union (ISU) judging system assigns points to technical elements in skaters' programs, such as jumps and
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(Olympics) Figure skater poised for history; skeleton slider begins gold medal defense

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan will try to make a piece of South Korean Olympic history Thursday when he takes the ice for the men's singles free skate at Beijing 2022.Cha finished Tuesday's short program