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- Korea to aim for top ten in London
- Jul 02, 2012
- The 2012 London Olympics, the largest sporting event of this year, is within sight, and the South Korean athletes who will represent the country in the event are more determined than ever to do their best, sweating hard with last-minute preparations. The London Olympics is going ...
- Rising global icon Park Tae-hwan generates higher expec...
- Jun 19, 2012
- Korean swimming sensation Park Tae-hwan was selected by Yahoo as one of the most promising athletes to watch at the 2012 London Olympic Games along with 15 other competitors. Yahoo Sports chose 15 global icons who have the potential to become the next Usain or Phelps based on the...
- Weightlifters ready to lift the world
- Jun 07, 2012
- On a day in May, the weightlifting gymnasium in the Taereung National Training Center is filled with short, pointed shouts and grunts by the weightlifters and thuds of barbells falling to the floor. The weightlifters representing South Korea have just competed at the 2012 Pyeongt...
- Son Yeon-jae, the rising star of Korea rhythmic gymnast...
- May 23, 2012
- Many Koreans consider her a fairy of rhythmic gymnastics. Her stellar rise in the world of gymnastics feels almost like an early dawn draped in fresh, bluish light, heralding a great day ahead. She has attracted attention from the world of international rhythmic gymnastics as wel...
- Korea Cup 2012, to Dokdo and back
- May 23, 2012
- The grand finale of the Korea Cup International Yacht Race 2012 is a race around Dokdo (above), Korea's easternmost islets (photo courtesy of Korea Cup Organizing Committee). Yachters from across the world have gathered on Korea’s eastern coast for an exciting race to kick off t...
- Brazilian footballers talk Korea
- Apr 27, 2012
- On the roster of the 15 teams in the Korea Professional Football League (K-League), Korea's most prestigious football league and the first professional league to be established in Asia, it is not difficult to find names of foreign players. Not only do these players possess unique...
- Judokas ready to compete for Olympic gold
- Apr 25, 2012
- Judo made its very first appearance at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964. Except for the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City, it has been a competition sport in every Summer Olympics since. Korea won its first Olympic medal for judo in 1964, when Kim Eui-tae took the...
- Korea gets ready for London Olympics
- Apr 19, 2012
- As the 100-day countdown begins for the London Olympics 2012, Korean athletes are stepping up their training to get in shape, aiming at more than ten golds and a top-ten finish in medal contention. The national host for the upcoming Olympics is special for Korean nationals, harke...
- Korean athletes to adopt simpler names
- Apr 05, 2012
- The wide variety of romanization styles used for transliterating the names of Korean athletes has often been the cause of considerable confusion in the sports world. In view of these inconsistencies, the Korean government has introduced an initiative that will standardize the rom...
- Shuttlecocks flying high for gold
- Mar 07, 2012
- The badminton training court at the Taeneung Training Center in February was filled with the sounds of shuttlecocks swishing back and forth over the nets. The South Korean national badminton team of 25 men and 23 women paired off and practiced powerful rallies along about a dozen...
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