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2026 Winter Games close with celebration of athletes' feats in northern Italy
The 2026 Winter Olympic Games drew to a conclusion Sunday with a celebration of the athletic feats achieved over the past two weeks across northern Italy. The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics was the first to officially feature the names of two host cities in the title and to have two Olympic cauldrons. The competition itself was even more widespread. Milan, the financial capital of Italy that hosted all skating events, and Cortina d'Ampezzo, which held curling and some snow events, are about 260 k
Feb. 23, 2026 -
Korean Olympic chief pledges better support for future competitions
MILAN -- Not entirely satisfied with the country's performance at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics this month, South Korean Olympic chief Ryu Seung-min pledged better support for his athletes for future competitions. Ryu, president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, touched upon the state of training environments and budget issues for South Korean Olympians at the delegation's wrap-up press conference at Korea House in Milan on Sunday, the final day of the competition. With South Korea's
Feb. 22, 2026 -
Short track double gold medalist Kim Gil-li voted Korean MVP
MILAN -- Short track speed skater Kim Gil-li, the only South Korean to win multiple gold medals at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, was named the country's top athlete at the competition Sunday. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee said Kim was voted the MVP of the South Korean delegation by South Korean journalists covering the Winter Olympics in northern Italy. The quadrennial event will draw to a conclusion with a closing ceremony Sunday evening. Kim won gold medals in the women's 1,500 met
Feb. 22, 2026 -
S. Korea rides late spurt to meet gold medal target
Thanks to some late push from its short track speed skaters, South Korea met its target of taking home at least three gold medals from the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics this month. With its last athletes in action, a pair of four-man bobsleigh teams, well out of medal contention entering the final day of the Olympics on Sunday, South Korea will likely finish with three gold medals, four silver medals and three bronze medals. South Korea won two golds, five silvers and two bronzes at the 2022 Bei
Feb. 22, 2026 -
Short tracker bids adieu to Olympics after record-setting run
MILAN -- South Korean short track speed skating legend Choi Min-jeong bid farewell to the Winter Olympics on Friday night in Italy, moments after becoming the country's most decorated Olympian. Choi earned her seventh career medal with a silver behind teammate Kim Gil-li in the women's 1,500 meters at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan. Though Choi came up just shy of becoming the first short tracker ever to win three straight gold medals in the same individual race, she set the record for the mo
Feb. 21, 2026 -
Short track relay team wants to run it back in 2030 after grabbing silver
MILAN -- The narrative would have been quite neat. South Korea's last gold medal in the men's 5,000-meter short track speed skating relay had come in 2006 in the Italian host city of Turin. And ending the 20-year drought in another Italian city, Milan, on Friday night would have been one of the feel-good stories for South Korea at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Instead, South Korea took silver behind the Netherlands at Milano Ice Skating Arena, with the quartet of Lee June-seo, Lee Jeong-min
Feb. 21, 2026 -
S. Korean short trackers win gold, silver in women's 1,500m
Short track speed skaters Kim Gil-li and Choi Min-jeong captured the gold and silver medals in the women's 1,500 meters at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday. Kim held off Choi for her second gold medal and her third medal overall at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on the final day of short track races at this year's Olympics. Kim became the first double gold medalist for South Korea here while also denying Choi her third consecutive gold in this distance. With her seventh career meda
Feb. 21, 2026 -
Snowboard medalist glad with switch from table tennis
MILAN -- While spending most of the year 2025 rehabbing multiple injuries, snowboarder Yu Seung-eun kept wondering why she even picked up the sport in the first place. After all, she was essentially forced into snowboard when her mother signed her up for a camp while she was in elementary school. Up until then, Yu had been playing table tennis, with an eye on developing into a more competitive junior player. Now in 2026, Yu has a much different perspective on her early career switch. On Feb. 9,
Feb. 20, 2026 -
Final stretch of the Olympics: Where can South Korea still win medals?
With only three days left before the close of the Winter Olympics, South Korea is lining up a final push for medals. As of Friday, the country has secured two gold, two silver and three bronze medals, ranking 15th in the overall standings. While its initial goal of finishing in the top 10 appears challenging, hopes for a late surge remain, as several key events are still to come. Korea will have medal chances in two short track speedskating events — the women’s 1,500 meters and the men’s 5,000-m
Feb. 20, 2026 -
S. Korea falls short of medal round in women's curling; ex-bobsledder elected IOC member
South Korea's hopes of winning its second-ever Olympic medal in curling evaporated Thursday in northern Italy. Skip Gim Eun-ji's South Korea was knocked out of the women's curling tournament after a 10-7 loss to Canada in its final round-robin match at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, 260 kilometers northeast of Milan. With the score tied at 4-4, Canada scored four massive points in the sixth end and punched a ticket to the semifinals with the three-point win. With a 5-4 rec
Feb. 20, 2026 -
Figure skater savors 1st Olympics, on and off ice
While preparing for Thursday night's free skate at her first Winter Olympics in Italy, figure skater Lee Hae-in tried to stop and smell the roses, instead of just having tunnel vision on the task at hand. A sensitive type who enjoys drawing and jotting down her thoughts throughout the day, Lee looked out the window of her shuttle bus taking her back to the village after a training session Thursday afternoon and fell in love with the sunset in Milan. "I took pictures and wrote how pretty the suns
Feb. 20, 2026