TOKYO– South Korea claimed the very first Olympic gold medal in archery’s mixed team event on Saturday in Tokyo, once again flexing its muscle in the sport it has dominated for decades.The 17-year-old Kim Je-deok and his 20-year-old teammate An San be…
SEOUL– Immediate and unanimous accolades poured in Saturday from South Korea’s political circles in reaction to the country’s first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.Earlier in the day, Kim Je-deok and his teammate An San delivered South Korea’s first …
TOKYO– South Korean shooter Jin Jong-oh’s bid for a seventh Olympic medal came crashing down on Saturday in Tokyo, as he failed to make it past the qualification stage in the men’s 10m air pistol event.Jin ranked 15th with 576 out of a maximum 600 poi…
CHIBA, Japan– South Korea was shut out of gold medals on the first day of taekwondo competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.Jang Jun, world No. 1 and heavily favored to win gold in the men’s 58kg, fell to Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi of Tunisia in th…
CHIBA, Japan– A pair of top-10 fencers from South Korea got knocked out of the Olympic competition after their first matches on Saturday.Choi In-jeong, world No. 2 in women’s epee, lost to Aizanat Murtazaeva of the Russian Olympic Committee 15-11 in t…
TOKYO– South Korea’s sports minister on Saturday asked his country’s athletes competing in the Tokyo Summer Olympics to take extra caution against COVID-19.Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee, who arrived in Japan on Thursday to attend t…
TOKYO– Two young rifle shooters came up short in their bid to bring South Korea its first medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.Kwon Eun-ji and Park Hee-moon occupied the two last places in the women’s 10m air rifle final at Asaka Shooting R…
TOKYO– South Korean taekwondo star Lee Dae-hoon will take his third and likely final crack at an elusive Olympic taekwondo gold medal Sunday in the men’s 68kg division.The three-time world champion bagged a silver and a bronze in his two previous Olym…