South Korea defeated Germany for the bronze medal in judo's mixed team event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, its first medal in the event that made its Summer Games debut three years ago. This was South Korea's fifth medal in judo in the French capital, after two silver medals and two bronze medals in individual events. With the score tied at 3-3 after six matches involving three male and three female judokas each, the teams went to a sudden-death match in the men's -73-kilogra

PARIS -- Lim Si-hyeon captured the gold medal in the women's archery individual event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, beating fellow South Korean Nam Su-hyeon to become the country's first triple gold medalist in France. In the first all-South Korean final in women's archery in 20 years, Lim defeated Nam 7-3 in the set score at Invalides in Paris. Lim had earlier won gold medals in the women's team and mixed team events. She became the third athlete overall to win at lea

CHATEAUROUX, France -- Yang Ji-in captured the gold medal in the women's 25-meter pistol shooting event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday for South Korea's third shooting gold of the competition. Yang defeated Camille Jedrzejewski of France 4-1 in a shoot-off after the two finished the 10 series of shots in the final all tied at 37-37 at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre in Chateauroux, south of Paris. This was the eighth gold medal overall for South Korea at the ongoing Olympics. In t

PARIS -- World No. 1 An Se-young advanced to the semifinals of the women's singles badminton event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday after knocking off her longtime rival from Japan. An, the 2023 world champion, defeated Akane Yamaguchi 2-1 (15-21, 21-17, 21-8) in the quarterfinals at La Chapelle Arena in Paris. Yamaguchi was in control of the first game, getting An to move all over the court with some deft shotmaking. Each time An got close, Yamaguchi pulled away with a series of her own w

PARIS -- Kim Min-jong won the silver medal in the heaviest weight class in men's judo at the Paris Olympics on Friday, after falling to French legend Teddy Riner in the final. Kim lost by an ippon (a full point) to Riner in the men's +100-kilogram final at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris. Riner clinched his third Olympic gold medal with a decisive "harai-goshi," or a hip throw, with 16 seconds left in the four-minute battle. Kim's was the second judo medal of Friday for S

PARIS -- Kim Ha-yun earned a bronze medal in women's judo at the Paris Olympics on Friday, after battling her way through the repechage. Kim, world No. 4 in the women's +78 kilograms, defeated third-ranked Kayra Ozdemir of Turkiye in the bronze medal contest at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris. Kim had earlier lost in the quarterfinals but then won a match in the repechage round to reach one of two bronze medal matches. And then Kim defeated Ozdemir by scoring two "waza-ari," o

PARIS --Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyeon joined forces for the mixed team gold medal in archery at the Paris Olympics on Friday, South Korea's third archery gold and seventh gold overall in France. Kim and Lim defeated Germany by the set score of 6-0 at Invalides in the French capital. Kim and Lim had earlier helped the men's and women's teams win gold medals in Paris. They joined sabre fencer Oh Sang-uk as two of three double gold medalists for South Korea here. Kim and Lim will ea

PARIS -- South Korea captured its third archery gold medal of the Paris Olympics on Friday, going a perfect 3-for-3 so far with two more medal events remaining in the sport it has long dominated. A day after getting shut out of medals, South Korea also collected medals in judo and badminton on Friday. In archery, Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyeon were on target for the gold medal in the mixed team event. They defeated Florian Unruh and Michelle Kroppen of Germany by the set score of 6-0. South Kore

South Korean fencer Oh Sang-uk has won new fans both in Korea and abroad after his second gold medal of the Paris Olympics on Wednesday. The 27-year-old is the first Korean fencer to capture two gold medals in a single Olympic Games, and has seen his Instagram followers roughly double since arriving in the French capital. Oh's page has a little over 225,000 followers as of Thursday morning. "Congrats!!! I'm from Brazil and I watched your victory! I'm very happy!!! Be health

PARIS -- Shin Yu-bin lost to the defending champion Chen Meng in the women's singles semifinals in table tennis at the Paris Olympics on Friday, a result that sent the South Korean to the bronze medal match. Shin, world No. 8, bowed out against the fourth-ranked Chinese 4-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7) at South Paris Arena 4 in the French capital. Shin, 20, is off to the bronze medal match on Saturday. She will face the loser of the other semifinal match set for Friday, between Sun Yingsha of C

Im Ae-ji secured a thrilling 3-2 split decision victory against Yeni Arias of Colombia in the women's 54-kilogram quarterfinal bout at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday night in the French capital. This achievement means South Korea will have its first Olympic boxing medal in 12 years, following the London Games where silver was won by Han Soon-chul, who is on hand at the Paris Games as Im's coach. As there is no match for third place in boxing, getting to the semifinals guarantees

Im Ae-ji has secured South Korea's first Olympic boxing medal in 12 years. Im defeated Yeni Arias of Colombia in a 3-2 decision in the quarterfinals of the women's 54-kilogram boxing event at the Paris Olympics on Thursday at North Paris Arena. By advancing to the semifinals, Im has assured herself of at least a bronze medal. There will be no third-place bout in boxing, and the two losers of the semifinals will each receive a bronze medal. It will be South Korea's first boxing med

PARIS -- Three South Korean doubles teams were knocked out of medal contention at the Paris Olympics on Thursday with losses in the quarterfinals. In the men's doubles quarters, Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae, the 2023 world champions, lost to Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark 2-0 (21-19, 22-20) at La Chapelle Arena in Paris. Kang and Seo had defeated the same Dane team for their world title last year, but couldn't get past them this time after a back-and-forth batt

PARIS -- Shin Yu-bin advanced to the semifinals of the women's singles table tennis tournament at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, moving within a win of grabbing her second medal in the French capital. Shin, world No. 8, edged out 13th-ranked Miu Hirano of Japan 4-3 (11-4, 11-7, 11-5, 7-11, 8-11, 9-11, 13-11) in the quarterfinals at South Paris Arena 4 in Paris. Shin, who won the mixed doubles bronze medal on Tuesday, will next play world No. 4 from China, Chen Meng, in the semifinals on Fr

Israel Madaye, an archer representing Chad who competed against a South Korean athlete at the Paris Olympics, posted his gratitude to Korean fans via social media on Wednesday. “Thanks you corea” his post said, with a photo showing him removing his arrows from the target at the Games. That post and other older ones on Instagram had several likes and comments in Korean expressing encouragement for his endeavors. Madaye did not get past the round of 64 in his Olympic debut, as he was e