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- S. Korean Speed Skaters Advance to Men's Team Pursuit Final
- South Korean speed skaters have advanced to the men's team pursuit final at the PyeongChang Winter Games. In the semifinal race against New Zealand at the Gangneung Oval Wednesday, Lee Seung-hoon, Chung Jae-won and Kim Min-seok clocked in at three-minutes 38-point-82 seconds. While South Korea secured a silver medal, the New Zealand squad came in at three-minutes-39-point-54 seconds and will face the Netherlands in the bronze medal match. The South Korean squad will race for the gold later on Wednesday night against Norway, which set a new Olympic record at three-minutes 37-point-08 seconds in the semifinal race.
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2018-02-21
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- Olympic Figure Skater Choi Da-bin Places 8th in Short Program
- South Korean figure skater Choi Da-bin has placed eighth in the short program at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. On the first day of of the women's singles competition at the Gangneung Ice Arena on Wednesday, the 18-year-old garnered 37-point-54 points for her technical elements score(TES) and 30-point-23 points for her program components score(PCS) for a combined total of 67-point-77 points. It marked a personal best score for Choi who earlier earned 65-point-73 points for the short program she skated during the Olympic team event on February eleventh. She will now move on to compete with 23 others in Friday's free skate portion.
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2018-02-21
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- Canada Wins Men's Ski Cross Gold
- Canada’s Brady Leman won the men’s ski cross event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Wednesday to make up for his heartbreak at the 2014 Sochi Games. Leman, who finished in fourth place at the last Winter Olympics, came in first place this time around in the four-man final at Phoenix Park. Switzerland’s Marc Bischofberger finished in second place, while Sergey Ridzik of the Olympic Athletes from Russia came in third. Ridzik collided with Canadian Kevin Drury early in the race, but managed to recover to claim the bronze medal. Another Canadian, Chris Del Bosco, crashed in an earlier heat and was taken to hospital where he is reported to be conscious and stable. A spokesperson for the country’s ski association Freestyle Canada told The Canadian Press that Del Bosco had suffered a suspected pelvic injury.
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2018-02-21
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- OAR Figure Skater Sets World Record in Ladies’ Short Program
- Teenage figure skating star Alina Zagitova set a new world record in the ladies’ short program at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Wednesday. Zagitova, representing Olympic Athletes from Russia(OAR), put on a near-flawless performance at the Gangneung Ice Arena to earn a score of 82-point-92. That score put the 15 year-old just ahead of her compatriot Evgenia Medvedeva, who had earlier set the world record with a score of 81-point-61. Canada’s Kaetlyn Osmond finished in third. South Korean teenage figure skaters Choi Da-bin and Kim Ha-neul, who are both making their Olympic debuts, made it through to the free program as they finished in eighth and 21st respectively. The top 24 of the 30 competing skaters advanced to Friday’s free program.
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2018-02-21
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- Italy Wins Women’s Downhill Skiing Gold
- Sofia Goggia put on a superb performance at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Wednesday to become the first Italian woman to win a downhill skiing Olympic gold. Goggia clocked a time of one minute-39-point-22 seconds at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre to finish just nine hundredths of a second ahead of Norway’s Ragnhild Mowinckel. It meant that Mowinckel had to settle for her second silver of the games after she finished second in the giant slalom last week. American Lindsey Vonn, who won the downhill skiing event at the 2010 Vancouver Games, took the bronze medal. Vonn’s podium finish meant she became the oldest female medalist in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics at the age of 33.
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2018-02-21
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- Russian Curler Tested Positive Again in Second Doping Test
- Anchor: A Russian athlete has again tested positive for an illegal performance enhancement drug. The Russian, who won a bronze medal in mixed doubles curling, vehemently denied the charges and called for an immediate investigation. Our Park Jong-hong has the details. Report: For the second time, a doping test on the same Russian athlete returned positive results for a banned drug and sports authorities are getting ready to take disciplinary measures. This follows an announcement in Moscow, Tuesday which confirmed that the second blood sample of Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky was found with traces of the banned substance meldonium. Krushelnitsky, who had won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event at the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games strongly denied the charge and urged authorities to promptly investigate why such a substance ended up in his blood sample. He is set to face a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing in the near future. Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov came to Krushelnitsky’s defense, saying the athlete could not have taken a banned drug deliberately. In an interview with the Russian media, he said it does not make any sense. This setback comes at a delicate time when Russia has been getting negative publicity for its systemic doping scandal in the previous Sochi Winter Olympics. Under a suspension by the International Olympic Committee(IOC), Russian athletes were forced to compete as individuals designated as ‘Olympic Athletes from Russia’ at the PyeongChang Games. The IOC is slated to decide on Saturday whether to allow the athletes to display the Russian flag during the march at the closing ceremony on Sunday. Park Jong-hong, KBS World Radio News.
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2018-02-21
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- S. Korean Women’s Curling Team Seals 1st Place in Round Robin
- The South Korean women’s curling team clinched first place in the round robin stage with an easy win over Olympic Athletes from Russia(OAR) at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The South Korean team beat OAR 11-2 at the Gangneung Curling Center on Wednesday to claim its seventh win of the tournament. Having already qualified for the semi-finals with its 9-6 win against the U.S. on Tuesday, South Korea’s latest victory confirmed it would top the rankings of the round robin stage. Team Korea started strongly as it raced into a 9-0 lead after the first three ends, and OAR was unable to respond as it eventually gave up the match following the sixth end. Sweden and Great Britain also qualified for the semi-finals on Wednesday as they defeated China and Canada respectively.
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2018-02-21
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- S. Korea Wins Gold Medal in Women's Short Track 3000M Relay
- South Korea has won a gold medal in the women's short track three-thousand-meter relay final at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. In a competition held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in the sub-host city of Gangneung on Tuesday night, a team of Shim Suk-hee, Choi Min-jeong, Kim A-lang and Kim Ye-jin brought South Korea its fourth gold medal of the Games. The silver medal went to Italy and the bronze to the Netherlands. Choi won the gold medal in the women's one-thousand-500-meter race earlier on Saturday. Shim anchored Team Korea to a gold medal in the three-thousand-meter short track relay at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. South Korea is currently ranked ninth in the medal standings with four gold, two silver and two bronze medals.
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2018-02-20
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- S. Korean Women's Curling Team Heading to Semis with 9-6 Win over US
- The South Korean women’s curling team has secured a berth to the semifinals at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics with two games still to play in the preliminary stage. The team beat the seventh-ranked U.S. 9-6 at the Gangneung Curling Center on Tuesday, extending its winning rally to five games and securing a spot in the semis to be held on Friday. It's the first time a South Korean curling team, men or women, has made it to an Olympics semifinal. With six victories and a single loss, Team Korea is solely occupying the top position among the ten nations vying for a spot in the semifinals through the round-robin competition. Team Korea will play against OAR(Olympic Athletes from Russia) and Denmark on Wednesday.
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2018-02-20
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- Seoul: Ivanka's Visit to Highlight Solid S. Korea-US Alliance
- The South Korean Foreign Ministry said that a forthcoming visit to South Korea by the daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump will highlight the solid alliance between Seoul and Washington. Ministry Spokesman Noh Kyu-duk made the remark during a regular media briefing on Tuesday, while addressing the planned attendance of a U.S. delegation at the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Sunday, to be led by Trump's eldest daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump. Noh said while the U.S. delegation's visit is aimed at congratulating South Korea for successfully hosting the Winter Games, it will also offer a chance for the two allies to exchange opinions on issues of mutual interests. The spokesman said the ministry is currently reviewing what role Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha may be able to play in welcoming the U.S. delegation. But he said the detailed itinerary of the U.S. delegation is still being discussed, expecting Washington will make an announcement when it is decided.
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2018-02-20
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