All posts tagged "speed skating"

  • Speed skaters Mo Tae-bum, left, and Lee Sang-hwa are among the Korean athletes favored to win medals at the Sochi Winter Olympics. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea to host sprint speed skating worlds without two best skaters

    By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea will be without its two Olympic champions when it hosts speed skating’s premier sprint competition this weekend. The International Skating Union (ISU) World Sprint Speed Skating Championships will be...

    • Posted February 23, 2016
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    Olympic speed skating champion Lee Sang-hwa loses nat’l team eligibility

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Olympic speed skating champion Lee Sang-hwa, who recently lost her national team eligibility after skipping a national competition, pleaded for a reprieve to no avail on Tuesday. Lee, the two-time reigning Olympic gold medalist...

    • Posted January 12, 2016
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    Speed skater Lee Seung-hoon finishes fourth in men’s 10,000 meters

    (Yonhap) — South Korean speed skater Lee Seung-hoon finished fourth in the men’s 10,000 meters on Tuesday at the Sochi Winter Games, falling short of defending his Olympic gold in the distance. Lee clocked at 13:11.68 in...

    • Posted February 18, 2014
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    Lee Sang-hwa’s boyfriend shows up in Sochi

    By Ko Dong-hwan Gold medalist speed skater Lee Sang-hwa received a warm reception from not just her fans across the world but also her military boyfriend who visited Sochi, reports said Thursday. Lee Sang-yeop, serving as a...

    • Posted February 13, 2014
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  • Lee Sang-hwa settled for 12th place in 1,000 meters. (Yonhap)
    Lee Sang-hwa finishes 12th in 1,000 meters

    South Korean speed skater Lee Sang-hwa, fresh off her second straight Olympic title in the women’s 500 meters, ended her 1,000m race in 12th place on Thursday at the Sochi Winter Olympics. Skating in the outer lane...

    • Posted February 13, 2014
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  • Figure skating Olympic champion Kim Yu-na will try to leave a legacy at the Sochi Winter Games, slated from Feb. 7 to 23. (Yonhap)
    Olympic countdown: 20 days to go!

    Korea to send largest-ever delegation to Sochi               Anticipation is building for the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, which is now only  20 days away. Expectations have never been higher for...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Figure skating Olympic champion Kim Yu-na will try to leave a legacy at the Sochi Winter Games, slated from Feb. 7 to 23. (Yonhap)
    League of their own

    ‘Ice queens’ Kim Yu-na, Lee Sang-hwa look to cement their legacies in Sochi By Jung Min-ho Reigning Olympic champions Kim Yu-na and Lee Sang-hwa are heavily favored to defend their gold medals at the Sochi Winter Olympics,...

    • Posted January 2, 2014
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