South Korean badminton player Lee Yong-dae has hinted at his retirement from the international stage following his exit in men's doubles competition at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games. Lee and his doubles partner Yoo Yeon-seong were eliminated in the quarterfinals at the 31st Summer Games. The world No. 1-ranked tandem suffered a stunning loss to Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong of Malaysia.  (Yonhap)Lee said on Thursday he decided to retire from the national team in order to give more international

South Korea's Lee Dae-hoon won a bronze medal in men's taekwondo at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Thursday.Lee defeated Jaouad Achab of Belgium 11-7 in the men's -68kg bronze medal match at Carioca Arena 3.Earlier in the day, Lee lost in the quarterfinals to Ahmad Abughaush of Jordan 11-8. The South Korean moved into the repechage stage when Abughaush reached the final. (Yonhap)Lee, who won the 2012 silver in the -58kg, needed to win two matches to claim one of the two bronze medals at stake. H

After guiding Japan to its first Olympic badminton gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the team's South Korean-born coach, Park Joo-bong, said Thursday it's "only the beginning."Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi captured the women's doubles gold medal Thursday, defeating Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark 2-1 (18-21, 21-9, 21-19). (Yonhap)In the decisive third game, the No. 1-ranked team from Japan rallied from a 19-16 deficit to clinch the country's first Olympic b

Former South Korean Olympic table tennis champion Ryu Seung-min has won his bid for International Olympic Committee membership, an impressive career transition for the former teen prodigy.Among 23 candidates, Ryu finished second in the voting by 5,185 of 11,245 participating athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to earn one of four seats available on the IOC's Athletes' Commission. (Yonhap)Ryu earned 1,544 votes, while the winner, former German fencer Britta Heidemann, had 1,603 votes. Hungari

 RIO DE JANEIRO -- The South Korean women's badminton doubles team of Jung Kyung-eun and Shin Seung-chan captured a bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Thursday.Jung Kyung-eun and Shin Seung-chan celebrate after taking bronze in women's badminton doubles at the Rio Olympics. (Yonhap)   Jung and Shin defeated Tan Yuanting and Yu Yang beat 2-0 (21-8, 21-17). This was South Korea's first badminton medal in Rio and will also be the only one this Olympics.   Jung and Shin were the only tea

With South Korea struggling to pick up gold medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the pressure to end the drought rested squarely on the shoulders of a taekwondo fighter in the women's lightest weight class. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)And Kim So-hui, crowned the Olympic champion in the -49kg category on Wednesday, didn't disappoint.Kim defeated Tijana Bogdanovic 7-6 in the nervy final at Carioca Arena 3. It had an anticlimactic finish, too, as both athletes had to wait for the result of a

Just like any coach will do for their players, South Korean Olympic women's golf team skipper Pak Se-ri analyzes the golf course, sets strategies and encourages her players to put on their best performance.But there's one more thing she does: she cooks for her players. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)Pak, a World Golf Hall of Famer with 25 LPGA victories, is leading four world-class golfers at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.They are Park In-bee (world No. 5), Kim Sei-young (No. 6), Chun In-gee (No.

South Korean Kim Tae-hun won a bronze medal in men's taekwondo at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Wednesday.The two-time world champion defeated Carlos Navarro of Mexico 7-5 in the bronze medal contest in the men's -58kg at Carioca Arena 3. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)Kim fell into repechage after losing his first match of the day to Tawin Hanprab of Thailand. When Hanprab reached the final, Kim got a reprieve as the loser to the finalist in the round of 16.Kim first had to get past Safwan Kh

Kim So-hui won South Korea's first taekwondo gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Wednesday. Park Hae-mook/The Korea HeraldKim defeated Tijana Bogdanovic of Serbia 7-6 for the women's -49kg title at Carioca Arena 3.This was the first day of taekwondo competition in Rio, and South Korea has already matched its gold medal total from the 2012 London Olympics. Eight countries split eight gold medals four years ago.Kim is a two-time world champion making her Olympic debut in Rio.Kim is 10th o

South Korean stars took advantage of relatively benign conditions in the first round of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic women's golf tournament on Wednesday.Park In-bee and Kim Sei-young are tied for second at five-under 66 after the first day at the 6,245-yard Olympic Golf Course. Both players picked up five birdies against no bogeys to sit one behind the leader, Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand. Golf player Park In-bee (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)Park, former world No. 1 who has dropped to No. 5 wh

After his team lost to Germany in Wednesday's bronze medal match for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic men's team table tennis, South Korean Jeoung Young-sik found himself on the wrong end of history.The loss meant South Korea had failed to win a table tennis medal for the first time since the sport was introduced to the Olympics in 1988.While it's not entirely Jeoung's fault that South Korea is leaving Rio empty-handed, the 26-year-old said he wants to atone for the missed opportunity at the 2020 Toky

South Korea finished just shy of a medal in the men's table tennis team event at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Wednesday.Germany defeated South Korea 3-1 in the bronze medal contest at Riocentro-Pavilion 3, taking two singles and one doubles match.South Korea claimed one singles match.The men's team held South Korea's last hope for a medal in Rio, with all the singles players and the women's team having failed to deliver.This marks the first time South Korea has failed to win a medal in table t

The pressure to deliver a badminton medal for South Korea at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics was too much to bear for Son Wan-ho on Wednesday.The world No. 8 was eliminated in the men's singles quarterfinals, as Chen Long of China, world No. 2, beat him 2-1 (21-11, 18-21, 21-11). Badminton player Son Wan-ho (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)Son was the last South Korean player alive in the singles. On Tuesday, Sung Ji-hyun was knocked out of the quarterfinals in the women's singles. These results leav

South Korean Son Wan-ho was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's badminton singles on Wednesday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Badminton player Son Wan-ho (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)Chen Long of China defeated Son 2-1 (21-11, 18-21, 21-11) at Riocentro-Pavilion 4, stripping South Korea of its last player left in the singles.On Tuesday in women's singles, Sung Ji-hyun lost her quarterfinals to world No. 1 Carolina Marin.Chen scored the first three points of the opening game and quic