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Ryu Hyun-jin shows support for South Korean Special Olympics team
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Ryu Hyun-jin, left, met with the South Korean Special Olympics team to show his support inside Galen Center Thursday. (Park Ju-yeon/Korea Times)
Korean American Federation of Los Angeles President James Ahn, sixth from left, shakes hands with South Korean Special Olympics team head Park Ki-jong at USC Thursday. (Choi Kyung-geun/Korea Times)
South Korea’s Special Olympics basketball team got a nice surprise Thursday inside Galen Center at USC when Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin showed up to show his support.
On another side of USC, the Korean team was treated to a Korean meal by the Korean American Federation of Los Angeles and Korea Sport U.S.A.
The Special Olympics World Games, held this year in Los Angeles, will run through Aug. 2 and host 6,500 athletes from 165 countries.
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