Kim Woo-min (swimming, Gangwon Provincial Government) and Lim Im-hyun (archery, Korea Gymnastics) were named the most outstanding Korean athletes of the 16-day Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. The triple gold medalists were also honored as the first Korean athletes to be named the Asian Games Most Valuable Player (MVP).Kim Woo-min and Lim Tem-hyun were named the…
The Hana Bank Korea Open 2023, the only Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour event in Korea, kicks off today at the Olympic Park Tennis Center in Songpa-gu, Seoul. Top-seeded Jessica Pegula (No. 4-USA) will be joined by Jelena Ostapenko (No. 17-LAT) and Sofia Kenin (No. 31-USA).Pegula is in the midst of a career-best No. 3…
Immediately after the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) President Lee Kee-heung announced that the organization will form a task force (TF) to closely analyze the results of the Games and strengthen its international business capabilities to hasten preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics, which are nine months away. The KOC held a…
Midfielder Baek Seung-ho (26, North Korea), a member of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games men’s soccer team, has experienced the “sweet and bitter” of life in a short period of time at the Games. Selected as one of three “wildcard” spots in the U-24 squad for the tournament, Baek was also named captain and served…