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(Olympics) schedule-Day 6

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BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- The following is the list of events for South Korean athletes Thursday at the Beijing Winter Olympics. All starting times are local.- Cross-country skiing (Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre)Women's 10km
(Olympics) medal standings

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(Olympics) medal standings Beijing, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- Below are the medal standings for the top 10 countries and South Korea at the Beijing Winter Olympics as of Tuesday. ※ ROC stands for the Russi
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(Olympics) S. Korea finally gets on board with speed skating bronze

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- Four days into the competition, South Korea finally has its first medal of Beijing 2022.Speed skater Kim Min-seok delivered some much-needed bit of good news with his bronze medal in the men's 1,500m at th
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(Olympics) Short trackers brush off judging controversy, turn focus to future races

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- Back on ice to train a day after a refereeing decision that angered his country, South Korean short track speed skater Hwang Dae-heon said Tuesday he wants to learn from the messy situation.Hwang was disqualif
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(Olympics) Not content with two bronze medals, speed skater takes aim at gold in 2026

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean speed skater Kim Min-seok is his own toughest critic. He doesn't usually pat himself on the back. Not even winning a second straight Olympic bronze medal, as he did in Beijing on Tuesday, chan
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(Olympics) Speed skater delivers on big pre-Olympic talk with 2nd straight bronze

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- In the days leading up to the Beijing Winter Olympics, South Korean speed skater Kim Min-seok spoke often about how much better he had become since snatching two medals at PyeongChang 2018 -- bronze in the 1,5
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(LEAD) (Olympics) Speed skater Kim Min-seok wins men's 1,500m bronze for S. Korea's 1st medal in Beijing

(ATTN: ADDS photos, details throughout)By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- Speed skater Kim Min-seok brought South Korea its first medal of Beijing 2022 on Tuesday, grabbing bronze for his second consecutive Olympics.Kim finished the men's 1
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(Olympics) Speed skater Kim Min-seok wins men's 1,500m bronze for S. Korea's 1st medal in Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- Speed skater Kim Min-seok brought South Korea its first medal of Beijing 2022 on Tuesday, grabbing bronze for his second consecutive Olympics.Kim finished the men's 1,500m race at the National Speed Skatin
(URGENT) (Olympics) Speed skater Kim Min-seok wins men's 1,500m bronze for S. Korea's 1st medal in Beijing

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(Olympics) Snowboarder rues opportunity to cheer up S. Korea with gold

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- With its short track speed skaters unable to come through with medals in the early days of Beijing 2022, South Korea turned its eyes toward alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho with great anticipation Tuesday.But Le
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(Olympics) Alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho knocked out early in medal hunt

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's parallel giant slalom event at Beijing 2022 on Tuesday, as one of the country's best medal hopes was sent pa
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(Olympics) Figure skater offers moral support to short trackers

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean figure skater Cha Jun-hwan had just set a new personal best score in the short program on Tuesday, but the plight of the country's short track speed skating team wasn't too far from his mi
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(Olympics) S. Korean figure skater Cha Jun-hwan 4th after short program with new personal best

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean figure skater Cha Jun-hwan established a new personal best score to rank fourth after the short program in the men's singles competition at Beijing 2022 on Tuesday.With a flawless performance
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(Olympics) S. Korea looking after short trackers' emotional, physical wellbeing following chaotic night

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- With their medal hopes ruined after unexpected falls, questionable refereeing and, in the case of one athlete, an injury, the South Korean short track speed skating team in Beijing is a mess.Team officials sai
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(Olympics) Outraged over short track decisions, S. Korean delegation chief seeks meeting with IOC president

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- The head of the South Korean athletic delegation to Beijing 2022 said Tuesday he has requested a meeting with the world's Olympic chief over "unfair" decisions in short track speed skating race
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(Olympics) S. Korean official believes short trackers got shortchanged by referee

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- The two South Korean short trackers who were penalized in their recent Olympic races in Beijing committed no violations that warranted disqualification, an international referee from the country said Tuesday,
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KBO commissioner resigns about one year after taking office

SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean pro baseball chief Chung Ji-taik on Tuesday resigned from his post about a year after he took office, citing health issues, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said.Chung, former vice chairman of Doosan Heavy
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BTS' RM gives thumbs-up to S. Korean short tracker disqualified during Beijing Olympics

SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- RM, leader of K-pop supergroup BTS, has expressed his support for a South Korean short track speed skater disqualified during the Beijing Winter Olympics amid mounting public outrage over the questionable referee decision.Th
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(Olympics) Gymnastics, fencing, figure skating and short track: S. Korea's history of Olympic controversy

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- It is perhaps the last thing South Korea wanted to do at Beijing 2022, but for the first time in 18 years, the country is taking its complaint of Olympic officiating to the top global sports tribunal.The Korea
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(Olympics) Int'l skating body rejects S. Korean protest in short track race

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- The international skating governing body has rejected a South Korean protest following the disqualification of its short track speed skater at Beijing 2022. The International Skating Union (ISU) said in a stat