All posts tagged "bobsledders"

  • Bobsledders Kim Seon-ok, left, and Shin Mi-hwa pose with their bronze medals after their third-place finish in the two-woman race in the North America's Cup in Lake Placid, New York, on Friday (KST). It was Korea's first medal in the female competition of an international bobsled event. (Yonhap)
    They definitely got game

    Korean bobsledders dominate America’s Cup By Kim Tong-hyung There isn’t a single bobsleigh track in Korea, but its athletes continue to show improving ability to bomb down a frozen track. The country’s male stars Won Yun-jong and...

    • Posted January 10, 2014
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  • The Korean female curling national team, from left, Um Min-ji, Shin Mi-sung, Kim Ji-sun, Lee Seul-bee and Gim Un-chi became popular figures in Korea after the Olympics.
    Athletes dream of Olympic glory

    By Jung Min-ho Figure-skating megastar Kim Yu-na and speed-skating champion Lee Sang-hwa are expected to dictate the media attention on Korean athletes at next month’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Korean athletes competing in less popular sports,...

    • Posted December 31, 2013
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