All posts tagged "Won Yunjong"

  • Two-man bobsleigh team pilot Won Yun-jong, left, and brakeman Seo Young-woo react as they cross the finish line in their final run at the Sochi Olympics at the Sanki Sliding Center, Monday. The team finished 18th overall, the highest ever for Korean bobsledders. (AP-Yonhap)
    Bobsledders reach new Olympic high

    By Kwon Ji-youn Korean bobsledders proved Monday night that they are brimming with potential, boosting expectations for the 2018 PyeongChang Games. Won Yun-jong and Seo Young-woo finished 18th in the two-man event ― an all-time high ― in...

    • Posted February 18, 2014
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  • An Austrian athlete, in this Feb. 22, 2013, file photo, practices on a track at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Luge World Cup in Krasnaya Polyana. Korea’s sledding athletes headed straight to the center after arrival to check out the track ahead of the opening of the Sochi Winter Olympics on Friday. (AP-Yonhap)
    Olympic Village “Inadequate”

    Last-minute preparations are well underway By Kwon Ji-youn Last-minute preparations are well underway as Korean athletes and officials begin arriving in Sochi to warm up for the Winter Games. A delegation of 46 Korean Olympians arrived at...

    • Posted February 4, 2014
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  • Bobsledders Won Yun-jong, right, and Seo Yeong-woo, who will represent Korea at the Sochi Olympics, practice at their training facility in PyeongChang, Gang-won Province, Monday. (Yonhap)
    Korean bobsledder embraces expectations

    By Baek Byung-yeul Bobsledding is a minority sport in Korea, but Won Yun-jong hopes to use the Sochi Winter Olympics to embed it into the public’s mind. Since coming 19th in the four-man event at the 2010...

    • Posted January 27, 2014
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  • Bobsledders Kim Seon-ok, left, and Shin Mi-hwa pose with their bronze medals after their third-place finish in the two-woman race in the North America's Cup in Lake Placid, New York, on Friday (KST). It was Korea's first medal in the female competition of an international bobsled event. (Yonhap)
    They definitely got game

    Korean bobsledders dominate America’s Cup By Kim Tong-hyung There isn’t a single bobsleigh track in Korea, but its athletes continue to show improving ability to bomb down a frozen track. The country’s male stars Won Yun-jong and...

    • Posted January 10, 2014
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