All posts tagged "bobsleigh"

  • Won, left, and Seo dedicated their historic victory to late national team coach Malcolm Lloyd, who passed away earlier this month. (Photo released by the Korea Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation / Yonhap)
    S. Korean bobsled tandem takes first-ever WC gold

    (Yonhap) — The South Korean bobsleigh team of Won Yun-jong and Seo Young-woo captured the country’s first-ever gold medal at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup on Friday in Canada, rising to the top...

    • Posted January 23, 2016
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  • Bobsledders Won Yun-jong, right, and Seo Yeong-woo, who will represent Korea at the Sochi Olympics, practice at their training facility in PyeongChang, Gang-won Province, Monday. (Yonhap)
    Korean bobsledder embraces expectations

    By Baek Byung-yeul Bobsledding is a minority sport in Korea, but Won Yun-jong hopes to use the Sochi Winter Olympics to embed it into the public’s mind. Since coming 19th in the four-man event at the 2010...

    • Posted January 27, 2014
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  • The Korea’s national bobsleigh team poses after finishing its training ahead of the Sochi Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, on Jan. 13 (KST). Korea is likely to send its biggest-ever Winter Olympic delegation to the Games, thanks to the dramatic improvement of its athletes in sledding sports. (Courtesy of Korea Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation)
    Korea to send largest-ever Winter Olympic delegation to Sochi

      By Jung Min-ho Korea is likely to send its biggest-ever Winter Olympic delegation to Sochi, thanks to the dramatic improvement of its athletes in sledding sports. Although the finalized roster won’t be confirmed until Jan. 20,...

    • Posted January 14, 2014
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  • 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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  • K-ool Runnings

    Korea wins gold and silver in Lake Placid and qualifies for every luge discipline at Sochi South Korea will be represented in every event in the luge competition at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Russia for the first...

    • Posted January 9, 2014
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