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S. Korean Kwon Soon-woo earns 1st career win at Australian Open

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean tennis player Kwon Soon-woo finally has a win at the Australian Open after five tries.Kwon defeated Holger Rune of Denmark in five sets, 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, in the opening round of the first G
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Young speed skater embraces pressure ahead of 2nd Winter Olympics in Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, South Korean speed skater Chung Jae-won was a precocious teenager, still about four months away from his 17th birthday. He teamed up with Lee Seung-hoon, 13 years his se
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S. Korean 4-man bobsleigh team ranks season-best 10th in World Cup finale

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean four-man bobsleigh team led by an Olympic medal-winning pilot had its best performance of the season in the final race before the Beijing Winter Games.Won Yun-jong led his quartet to a 10th pla
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Surprise silver medalist from PyeongChang wants to take next step in Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- Of the seven medals that South Korea won in speed skating at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, none was more surprising than the out-of-the-blue silver by Cha Min-kyu in the men's 500m.Sure, he had won
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Emerging speed skater hoping to follow in Olympic champion's footsteps

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- Of all South Korean speed skaters headed to the Beijing Winter Olympics next month, no one has a tougher act to follow than Kim Min-sun.The 22-year-old will be the lone South Korean to have qualified for the wo
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Speed skater Lee Seung-hoon not caught up in record medal chase

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean speed skater Lee Seung-hoon has put together an impressive resume over the past three Winter Olympics, having collected five medals, including two gold.The 33-year-old is now one medal away from be
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Ex-club manager named KBO's new technical director

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- Former manager Youm Kyoung-youb was named the new technical director for South Korean baseball Friday, with his main task being assembling the national team for this year's Asian Games.The Korea Baseball Or
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Attorney for banned short tracker Shim Suk-hee cries foul over 'double punishment'

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- Two-time Olympic short track speed skating champion Shim Suk-hee launched her last-minute legal battle against a recent two-month ban on Wednesday, trying to salvage a chance to compete at next month's Beijing Winter Ga
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Alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho maintains World Cup lead despite missing podium

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Olympic snowboard medal hopeful Lee Sang-ho continues to lead the World Cup standings for the season, despite missing the podium for only the second time in his latest competition in Austria.Lee fi
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(LEAD) Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan headed to 2nd straight Olympics after winning trials

(ATTN: ADDS details on women's competition in paras 5-7, comments in last 5 paras, photos)UIJEONGBU, South Korea, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan is bound for his second straight Winter Olympics after winning the final national team
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Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan headed to 2nd straight Olympics after winning trials

UIJEONGBU, South Korea, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan is bound for his second straight Winter Olympics after winning the final national team trials on Sunday.Cha handily won the second leg of the two-stage Beijing Olympic trials in Ui
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Alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho wins World Cup bronze, bolsters Beijing medal hope

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho has collected his fourth medal in the ongoing World Cup season, further brightening hope of a second straight Olympic podium finish in Beijing next month.Lee earned br
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Cheongdo bullfighting begins today... 12 games will take place every Sat. and Sun.

CHEONGDO, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Cheongdo Bull Fighting opens the cow fight stadium and begins this year’s matches. Twelve games will take place every Saturday to Sunday until Dec. 25, and special matches
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(LEAD) N. Korea says it's not joining Beijing Olympics due to 'hostile forces,' pandemic

(ATTN: ADDS more details throughout, photo; CHANGES headline, lead) By Choi Soo-hyangSEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has told China that it fully supports the upcoming Beijing Olympics though it cannot participate in the event, criticizing the
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Beleaguered short tracker Shim Suk-hee files for injunction against ban

SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- In a last-ditch effort to regain eligibility for the Beijing Winter Games, South Korean Olympic short track speed skating champion Shim Suk-hee has filed for a court injunction against a ban by the sport's national feder
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4 Olympic figure skating spots up for grabs in final trials Sunday

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- The four figure skaters to represent South Korea at the Beijing Winter Olympics will be determined in the final national team trials Sunday.The second leg of the two-day Olympic trials will open Saturday in Uije
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Olympic short track champion downplays concerns about medal chances in Beijing

JINCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Choi Min-jeong, a two-time Olympic short track speed skating gold medalist and a three-time world overall champion, has fallen on hard times of late, leading to rather modest medal projections at the upcoming
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Short tracker preparing for Olympic swan song in Beijing

JINCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Just over a week after his 32nd birthday, South Korean short track speed skater Kwak Yoon-gy is ready to call it a career on the international stage.Kwak said Wednesday the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics wi
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S. Korean athletes confident despite modest medal target for Beijing 2022

JINCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The stated goal for South Korea at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which will open a month from now, is to win one or two gold medals at best.For a country that has won at least two gold medals at every Win
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‘Speed skating champion’ Lee Sang-hwa as commentator in Beijing Winter Olympics at KBS

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) – Lee Sang-hwa, a two time Olympic gold medalist in the women’s 500m speed skating in 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, will perform as a commentato