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Park Jin-ho wins another gold in men's rifle

Sport shooter Park Jin-ho won the men’s 50-meter rifle 3 positions SH1 final at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on Tuesday to claim his second gold medal at the tournament, becoming the first Korean athlete to secure two golds at the Games

2024-09-04

Jeong Ho-won wins boccia final for Korea's third gold in Paris

Jeong Ho-won beat Michel Daniel of Australia 5-2 in the men’s individual BC3 boccia final at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games on Monday in Paris to win his fourth gold and Korea’s 10th in the sport at the Games.

2024-09-03

Seo Min-kyu wins Korea's first gold since Kim Yuna at Junior Figure Skating Worlds

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.

2024-03-03

Short track skater Seo Yi-ra wins 500-meter gold at Gdansk World Cup

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.

2024-02-18

Hwang Sun-woo wins first world title in Doha as Korea sees banner year

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.

2024-02-14

Kim Woo-min sets Paris stage with Korea's first World Aquatics gold since 2011

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.

2024-02-13

Kim Woo-min snaps 13-year Korean 400-meter freestyle drought in Doha

The 20-year-old is the second Korean swimmer to win the discipline at the World Aquatics Championships after Park Tae-hwan in 2011.

2024-02-12

Judoka Huh Mi-mi sets sights on gold for Korea after shedding Japanese citizenship

“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.

2024-01-30

Lee Yoon-seung sees gold on the slopes

Lee Yoon-seung competes during the freestyle skiing dual moguls at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Jeongseon County, Gangwon on Saturday.

2024-01-28

Renowned Korean manager Kim Hak-bum to lead Jeju next

Former Olympic football team manager Kim Hak-bum will helm K League 1 side Jeju United next season, the club announced Tuesday.

2023-12-05