Seo Min-kyu took gold at the 2024 World Junior Figure Skating Championships on Saturday, becoming the first-ever Korean male figure skater to medal and top the podium in tournament history.
Seo Yi-ra took gold in the men’s 500-meter race at the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track Speed Skating World Cup on Saturday.
Korean swimmer Hwang Sun-woo took gold in the men’s 200-meter freestyle at the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Qatar on Tuesday, becoming the third Korean ever to top the podium in any discipline at the tournament.
Kim’s time of 3 minutes and 42.71 seconds, his personal best, came just short of Park’s 2011 record of 3 minutes of 42.04 seconds.
The 20-year-old is the second Korean swimmer to win the discipline at the World Aquatics Championships after Park Tae-hwan in 2011.
“I decided to only keep my Korean citizenship as I wanted to show the attitude as a national team member that competes with a Taeguk mark on,” Huh said.
Lee Yoon-seung competes during the freestyle skiing dual moguls at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Jeongseon County, Gangwon on Saturday.
Former Olympic football team manager Kim Hak-bum will helm K League 1 side Jeju United next season, the club announced Tuesday.
The U-24 Korean national team’s 2-1 victory over Japan in the final at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Saturday gave the Korean players not only a shiny gold medal, but also a very shiny military exemption.
Korea ended the Hangzhou Asian Games with a gold rush on Saturday, claiming six gold medals including the highly-coveted football and baseball crowns.
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