Sunghoon of boy band Enhypen took part in the torch relay for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, after having been a member of the national team reserve squad for figure skating.
Korea will have athletes competing in figure skating's team event and in the mixed doubles curling tournament on Saturday, the first day following the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Of the 79 Winter Olympic medals Korea has won so far, only one has come from snowboarding. This month at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games, Korea will turn to a couple of teenagers in the halfpipe to add to that total.
Korea's losing skid reached three in the mixed doubles curling tournament of the Winter Olympics in northern Italy on Thursday, with the team of Kim Seon-yeong and Jeong Yeong-seok dropping both of their matches on the day.
When Sunghoon, currently a member of the K-pop boy band Enhypen, began his figure skating career as a boy, he dreamed of competing at the Winter Olympics.
The Korean hospitality house for the Winter Olympics opened in the Italian host city of Milan on Thursday, ready to host visitors from around the world amid a growing global interest in Korean culture and tourism.
Gearing up for his fourth and likely final Winter Olympics in northern Italy, veteran speed skater Kim Jun-ho feels he is in a good place. "I think I've become a lot stronger mentally," Kim said.
In the weeks leading up to her third Winter Olympics, speed skater Kim Min-sun often talked about how she had altered her training program in ways that could help her peak in time for the big competition in February.
Korea suffered a big loss against Sweden to begin the mixed doubles curling tournament of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday. The team of Kim Seon-yeong and Jeong Yeong-seok absorbed a 10-3 loss to the Swedish sibling team.
The lone Korean member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been elected to its top decision-making body.
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