PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- The top sports tribunal on Friday rejected appeals filed by 47 Russians, including South Korea-born short track speed skater Victor An, against an International Olympic Committee ban from the PyeongChang Olympics.The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced the rulings on the appeals of 45 athletes and two coaches who challenged the IOC decision over their alleged involvement in a state-sponsored doping program at a press conference in PyeongChang."The CAS arbitr

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PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach carried the torch for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Friday, the day of its opening ceremony.Bach, a former Olympic fencing champion for West Germany, joined the torch relay on its final day, running a route stretching from the International Broadcasting Centre to the Main Press Centre inside the Alpensia Resort in PyeongChang. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach carries the torch for the

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- The South Korean short track speed skating team aims to start its Olympic journey on Saturday by adding another gold to its glowing medal table.The first gold medal in short track will come from the men's 1,500 meters, where three South Koreans, Hwang Dae-heon, Seo Yi-ra and Lim Hyo-jun, will compete. And Hwang is considered the most prominent skater as the 18-year-old currently stands as world No. 1 in the distance.Lim also won gold in the first 1,500m race duri

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea’s well-known pop-songs, Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” and Secret Garden’s “You Raise Me Up” were among the pieces performed by North Korea’s art troupe as part of the pre-Olympics celebrations in the sub-host city of Gangneung on Thursday. Despite being met with public protests on their arrival earlier this week, the communist state’s well-known troupe, the Samjiyon Orchestra, was met with a full audience at the Gangneung Art Center.Some 150,000 South Korea

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea on Thursday opened a facility aimed at promoting the nation and providing support for international athletes and guests during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.An opening event for Team Korea House was held at the three-story center located within Gangneung Olympic Park in Gangeung, a sub-host city of the PyeongChang Winter Games. Several other countries, including Japan and Switzerland, have also opened similar centers within the Olympic venue.Built by

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- Short track speed skaters from the two Koreas conducted joint training on Thursday at Gangneung Ice Arena, the first time the athletes have warmed up together.North Korea has sent two short track speed skaters to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Choe Un-song will compete in the men's 500 meters, and Jong Kwang-bom will enter the men's 1,500m.Choe, regarded as the better of the two, suffered an ankle injury earlier this month, but he seemed stable throughout the tra

(Shot by Park Ju-young / Edited by Park Ju-young)PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province — With just a day left until the opening ceremony, anticipation is running high among those attending South Korea’s first-ever Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang.　On Thursday afternoon, roads leading up to PyeongChang Olympic Plaza were packed with vehicles, while certain pathways were closed off with heavy police security ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony. Colorful flags promoting the Winter Games in PyeongChang, G

Some of the biggest names in K-pop will commemorate South Korea’s first Winter Games at the K-pop World Festa for the next three Saturdays.The concert is co-hosted by the Gangwon Provincial Government and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. It will be held on Saturday, Feb. 17 and Feb. 24 at Gangneung Wonju National University Stadium in Gangwon Province from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday’s concert will feature K-pop idols such as BoA, Red Velvet, Seventeen and EXID.  The poster for K-pop W

The event will usher in 17 days of unrivalled competition and fraternity on snow and ice, temporarily allaying tension on the Korean Peninsula.

 With the Winter Olympics kicking off Friday, reporters hailing from all over the world are apparently much satisfied with the Gangneung Media Center that opened at the SEAMARQ Hotel in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. While the PyeongChang Main Press Center requires reporters to pay to use facilities, those reporters with a press pass can use facilities, including the cafeteria, free-of-charge. The two media centers were opened to journalists a month ahead of the Winter Games. The large-scale facil

Through the ongoing Dream Program, the PyeongChang Winter Games are serving as a stepping stone for budding teen athletes. Participants of this year’s program were to take part in carrying the Olympic torch Thursday, showing their support for the sporting event that kicks off Friday. Participants of Dream Program 2018 participate in a press conference at the Gangwon Media Center at Seamarq Hotel in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Thursday. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald) Participants of Dream Prog

Korea is not a newcomer when it comes to alpine skiing, but when it comes to the sport's speed events, like downhill and super giant slalom (super-G), it is.Korea formed its national team for alpine speed events in July 2016. And with Jeongseon Alpine Centre -- the venue for alpine speed events -- constructed for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the country had to send a skier who is specialized in downhill and super-G.Kim Dong-woo will be the only Korean skier at Jeongseon Alpine Center in Jeon

With just one day left until the Winter Games kick off, participants gathered at the athletes’ village in Gangneung, a subhost city of the PyeongChang Olympics, to officially welcome North Korean athletes on Thursday morning. During the event, the athletes watched a flag-raising ceremony and enjoyed various arts and cultural performances. The North Korean athletes showed a tight bond with one another.Soohorang, the official mascot of the games, also joined the athletes, as they smiled brightly,

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Even the icy chill of PyeongChang’s temperatures comes as no shock to athletes who have been training for years under freezing conditions, according to officials of teams from abroad just a day before Friday’s opening ceremony. Audrey Robichaud of Canada competes in the Feb. 8 Ladies' Moguls Qualification in PyeongChang. Yonhap“I think we’ll be okay for the Olympics as well as at the opening ceremony. We’re strong and the weather is not problematic,” John Van Vli