Sunglasses in the shape of the Olympic rings, which have gained mounting interest online, are available for free, but you will have to be quick.The iconic sunglasses in the shape of the Olympic rings are being handed out at the Medals Plaza within the PyeongChang Olympic Plaza. They will be given out randomly during the Olympic Games period, but it’s first come, first served. The sunglasses are not sold at official goods stores of the PyeongChang Olympics. This has led them to “sell out” within

17-year-old dominate women’s halfpipe while tweeting she’s ‘hangry’

　Competitors ride a small flat sled in single or two-person format and accelerate feet first and face-up down a sharp gradient on an ice track measuring 1,000 to 1,500 meters. Maximum average speeds reach 140 kilometers per hour - faster than bobsleigh and skeleton. Medals are awarded in men’s singles, women’s singles, doubles and team relay.　The course includes left curves, right curves, hairpin curves, S-shaped curves, and a labyrinth. The track has a U-shaped groove, and the walls on both sid

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PYEONGCHANG -- Kim Jong-jin, father of new Olympic champion snowboarder Chloe Kim, said Tuesday it was a dream come true when his daughter claimed the gold medal in the women's halfpipe at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.It was an American dream."I've dreamed about this," said Kim, speaking after his daughter's gold medal run. "My dream came true. American dream."Kim immigrated to the United States in 1982. His support and devotion to Chloe were so famous that it was even made into a television

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- US snowboarder Chloe Kim said Tuesday it was her family that drove her magnificent gold medal run at the PyeongChang Olympics.Kim, born to South Korean immigrants in the United States, won the women's halfpipe with a score of 98.25 points at Phoenix Snow Park in PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul. She became the youngest American woman to win gold in a snowboard event."I think today I really did it for my family and everything they've done for me," Ki

GANGNEUNG -- Korean figure skating star Cha Jun-hwan said Tuesday he is gaining balance in skating and getting more confident in competing at his first Olympics in PyeongChang."I'm still on the way to recovering from the flu. Still, there is a long way to go," the 16-year old said after a 40-minute training session at the main rink of the Gangneung Ice Arena. "But I'm getting better and better. I'm working very hard." Korea`s figure skating star Cha Jun-hwan skates in a practice session at the G

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- Chloe Kim's coronation is complete.The 17-year-old from Torrance, California, dominated the Olympic women's halfpipe snowboarding final on Tuesday, soaring to a gold medal four years in the making. Chloe Kim, of the United States, jumps during the women’s halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP)Kim put up a score of 93.75 on the first of her three finals runs and then bettered it with a

GANGNEUNG -- The joint Korean women's hockey team was eliminated in the preliminary round at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Monday, following its 8-0 loss to Sweden.Korea suffered its second straight loss in Group B play, at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung, site of all ice events during the Olympics, two days after falling to Switzerland 8-0. The shots were 50-19 for Sweden.Korea needed to finish in the top two in Group B to reach the knockout stage. And with the two losses, it won't get

With her players reeling from their second straight 8-0 loss in the Olympic women’s hockey tournament, joint Korean team head coach Sarah Murray said Monday she’ll look for a fresh start in the upcoming game.Korea was pounded by Sweden 8-0 in its second Group B game of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung. Korea had also lost 8-0 to Switzerland on Saturday, and has been eliminated from medal contention in the eight-team competition. (Yonhap)But Korea can still s

Although she was the worst performer, South Korean ski jumper Park Guy-lim put her name in the history books of the country’s winter sports on Monday. Park became the first South Korean woman to compete in the Olympic ski jumping competition after she took part in the women’s normal hill individual qualifying round at the 23rd Winter Games at Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre in PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul.   (Yonhap)The 18-year-old failed to make the finals as she scored 14.2 point

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province  -- South Korean speed skater Noh Seon-yeong made her first appearance at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in the women's 1,500 meter race on Monday, where she fell well short of winning a medal by finishing in 14th place.At the competition, held at Gangneung Oval, the venue of speed skating races, Noh finished her laps with a time of 1:58.75.  The figure hovered below her personal best of 1:56.04 and season best of 1:57.84. South Korea`s speed skater Noh Seon-yeong (Y

'Himnaera' echoes through Kwandong Hockey Centre during unified Korea vs. Sweden game

South Korea's Timofei Lapshin finished 22nd in the men's biathlon pursuit finals Monday at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.The naturalized Korean clocked a time of 35 minutes, 50.7 seconds in the 12.5km pursuit competition at Alpensia Biathlon Centre in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, some 182 kilometers east of Seoul. He missed four shots, one prone and three standing. (Yonhap)Martin Fourcade of France won gold, coming in at 32 minutes, 51.7 seconds, followed by Sebastian Samuelsson of Sweden an

Self-driving robot skiers race down the slopes in the world’s robot ski tournament hosted by South Korea