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(Olympics) Short tracker helping to lighten mood as designated photographer

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- The leadup to the Beijing Winter Olympics for the South Korean women's short track speed skating team has been quite tumultuous, with a career-damaging scandal ruling out a former champion and a devastatin
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(Olympics) More mature and more confident, reigning short track relay champion chases 1st individual gold

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea arrived in Beijing for the Winter Olympics with a modest target of winning one or two gold medals.Outside observers, though, appear to be more optimistic. In its medal predictions for all events re
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(Olympics) With a little help from friend, Olympic speed skating debutant fitting right in

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Though he didn't initially qualify for the Beijing Winter Olympics, South Korean speed skater Park Seong-hyeon believed all along that he would get his shot.He didn't earn a quota place after the concl
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(Olympics) China: Olympic short track team of mystery

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- The athletes and coaches alike have been placed under a strict order not to give media interviews. They skipped three official training sessions over the past two days. Other than names of the athletes competi
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(Olympics) S. Korean athletes taking COVID-19 restrictions in stride

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean speed skater Kim Min-seok is a homebody. When his competition or training sessions are done, he likes to stay in his room, with his smartphone and tablet as company.Kim is among thousands of athle
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(Olympics) Wired fences, approved vehicles, no walking: how 'closed loop' is operating in Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Once you're in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Games -- the second Olympics to take place during the COVID-19 pandemic -- whether as an athlete, a volunteer or a journalist, you're immediately cut off from
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(Olympics) Speed skater hoping to put on 'perfect' race in 3rd Olympics

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean speed skater Kim Jun-ho hasn't been able to win a medal at either of his two previous Winter Olympics. But it's not so much the result, but the process, that bothers him.Now 26 and about t
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(Olympics) Speed skating medal hopeful pleased with ice condition after 1st practice in Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- After his first on-ice training in Beijing on Tuesday ahead of his second Winter Olympics, South Korean speed skater Kim Min-seok left the arena feeling great about himself.The ice surface at the National Spee
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(Olympics) S. Korean athletes, officials celebrate Lunar New Year at modest event in Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean athletes and officials in Beijing for the upcoming Winter Games celebrated the Lunar New Year on Tuesday in an understated event at their Olympic village.Though Jan. 1 on the Lunar Calendar is one
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(Olympics) Retiring short tracker wants to end career on high note

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean short track speed skater Kwak Yoon-gy had decided Beijing 2022 would be his last Winter Olympics, long before traveling to the Chinese capital.And with the start of his third Winter Games just aro
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(Olympics) S. Korea switches flag bearer for opening ceremony

By Yoo Jee-hoBEIJING, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea switched one of its flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Monday, four days before the event.The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) announced female short tr
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(Olympics) Short track champion Choi Min-jeong trying to stay above fray on ice

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- Often a picture of calm, South Korean short track champion Choi Min-jeong is bothered by very few things. Even the prospect of dirty play by handsy opponents can't faze the two-time Olympic gold medalist from 2018.The
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(Olympics) S. Korean short tracker approaches 2nd Olympics with single-minded focus

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korean short track speed skater Hwang Dae-heon is so locked in on his pursuit of an Olympic medal in Beijing that he has lost track of time.Following the team's first training session at Capital Indoor Stadium i
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(Olympics) S. Korea's main athletic delegation departs for Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoINCHEON, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- The main South Korean athletic delegation to the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics departed for the Chinese capital Monday, hoping to inspire the nation gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic with performances on sn
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Minister to seek ways to get China's tacit ban on Korean content lifted at Beijing Olympics

SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Hwang Hee said he will seek ways to persuade China to lift its tacit ban on South Korean content as he is set to lead the Korean government delegation at the upcoming Beijing Winter Olym
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Reigning Olympic snowboarding silver medalist eyes gold in Beijing

HOENGSEONG, South Korea, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- By winning silver in the men's parallel giant slalom race in alpine snowboarding four years ago at PyeongChang 2018, Lee Sang-ho made history as the first Olympic medalist from South Korea in a skiing
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PyeongChang speed skating medalist out to prove himself in Beijing

SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- Competing in his first Winter Olympics as a teenager in 2018, speed skater Kim Min-seok came out of nowhere to grab two medals on the oval.With a bronze in the men's 1,500 meters at the PyeongChang Winter Games, Kim, th
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Short tracker, speed skater named S. Korean flag bearers at Beijing 2022 opening ceremony

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- Veteran short track speed skater Kwak Yoon-gy and two-time Olympic speed skater Kim Min-sun will be South Korea's flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.The Korean Sport & Olymp
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Luge doubles partners aiming high in 3rd Olympics together

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- In their first two Winter Olympics together, South Korean men's luge doubles tandem of Park Jin-yong and Cho Jung-myung finished 18th and then ninth.Partners since 2013, Park and Cho believe their next step
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Emerging skeleton slider not getting caught up in pre-Olympic hype

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea produced its first Olympic champion in the men's skeleton four years ago at home in PyeongChang. With the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing just around the corner, the country is hoping it will ha