Korea's Olympic heroes return home — in pictures

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Korea's Olympic heroes return home — in pictures

Published: 13 Aug. 2024, 18:52 Updated: 13 Aug. 2024, 19:17

Boxer Im Ae-ji, left, and Taekwondo practitioner Park Tae-joon, right, arrive at Incheon International Airport on Tuesday holding the Korean national flag. Park won a gold medal in the men’s -58-kilogram category to bring home the country’s first gold in taekwondo since 2016, while Im secured bronze in the women's bantamweight category to become the first female Korean boxer to medal at the Games. [NEWS1]

Korean athletes arrived at Incheon International Airport on Tuesday after the Paris Olympics concluded on Sunday.

Korea finished eighth with 32 medals — 13 gold, nine silver and 10 bronze — which came despite the country sending its smallest delegation to the Olympics since 1976.

The number of gold medals matched the standing record, with Korea having won 13 apiece at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

Park Hye-jeong, who won a silver medal in the heaviest weight class in women's weightlifting at the Paris Olympics, left, greets Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon and Second Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran on Tuesday. [NEWS1]

Team Korea’s delegation to the Paris Olympics is greeted by media at Incheon International Airport Tuesday. [NEWS1]

People crowd Incheon International Airport on Tuesday as Korean athletes, center, return home from Paris. Korea finished eighth with 32 medals — 13 gold, nine silver and 10 bronze — which came despite the country sending its smallest delegation to the Olympics since 1976. The number of gold medals matched the standing record, with Korea having won 13 apiece at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. [YONHAP]

Team Korea’s delegation to the Paris Olympics, including Lee Kee-heung, president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC), is surrounded by media at Incheon International Airport Tuesday. [NEWS1]

Korean Olympians arrive at Incheon International Airport on Tuesday. Korea finished eighth with 32 medals — 13 gold, nine silver and 10 bronze — which came despite the country sending its smallest delegation to the Olympics since 1976. The number of gold medals matched the standing record, with Korea having won 13 apiece at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. [YONHAP]