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IOC grants full Olympic recognition to Kosovo

Dec 9, 2014

MONACO (AP) -- Athletes from Kosovo will be able to compete at the 2016 Summer Games after being granted full recognition on Tuesday by the International Olympic Committee.The full IOC formally ratified a decision made in October by the executive board that clears the way for Kosovo to compete as an independent nation.Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008, becomes the 205th national Olympic committee recognized by the IOC.``This is one big day, one historical day for athletes o
Olympics: Pyeongchang says no plan to shift events to Japan

Dec 8, 2014

Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics organisers said Monday they had no intention of moving any events outside South Korea, following reports that some competitions may be shifted to Japan in an effort to save costs."All necessary preparations are underway ... on the assumption that all competitions will be held as planned," a Pyeongchang organising committee spokeswoman told AFP."We are not considering the idea of holding some competitions elsewhere," she added.The statement followed reports that t
North Korean delegation to Para Asiad arrives in South Korea

Oct 12, 2014

The North Korean delegation to the upcoming Asian Para Games arrived in South Korea on Saturday amid heightened cross-border tensions after the two Koreas exchanged machine gunfire.The 29-member squad, including nine athletes, flew to Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to South Korea, via Beijing to take part in the Para Asiad slated for Oct. 18-24 in Incheon.It is the first time that North Korea has sent its athletes to the Para Games. The communist country had dispatched a 273-mem
[Asian Games] N.K. adds to Asian Games surprises

Oct 5, 2014

As the Asian Games ended their 15-day run in Incheon on Saturday night, it was not the dominance of China’s athletes but the surprise attention of a North Korean delegation that had everybody talking. During the Asiad’s closing ceremony, tens of thousands of people turned out to see off the athletes, among them a high-level North Korean delegation.North Korea’s de facto No. 2, Hwang Pyong-so, sat near South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won in an unusual scene for officials of two nations tha
[Asian Games] News Service wraps up successful coverage of Asian Games

Oct 5, 2014

The Korea Herald has provided the Asian Games News Service to over 7,000 members of the media reporting the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. The service provided by the AGNS team spanned from previews, reviews and results of every competition, to press conferences and key quotes from the athletes. The AGNS team typically traveled to more than one venue each day. In order to provide live coverage of each match, the reporters and sports experts were the first ones on site and the last to leave, making su
[Asian Games] North Korea returns to Asiad top 10 after more than a decade

Oct 5, 2014

Aided by world record-breaking performances by its weightlifters, North Korea made a comeback to the top 10 in the Asiad medal tally for the first time in 12 years at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. The communist country also drew spotlight for its proactive sports diplomacy by unprecedentedly sending high-ranking party officials as well as those from the sports circle to the South, boosting expectations that the continental event would serve as a breakthrough for icy inter-Korean ties. With 1
[Asian Games] Accidents, doping, controversies cloud 17th Asian Games

Oct 5, 2014

The 17th Asian Games may have had many golden moments -- 439 total to be exact -- but it also had its share of lows that suggested the largest sporting event on the continent is never an easy one to organize. For starters, the symbolic Asian Games cauldron, lit at the Sept. 19 opening ceremony, went out for 10 minutes the next day due to difficulties maintaining the complicated, fountain-shaped flame.The cauldron had already drawn plenty of criticisms, having been lit by a local celebrity wit
[Asian Games] South Korea finishes with no golds in athletics, aquatics at Incheon

Oct 5, 2014

South Korea, despite accomplishing its initial goal of clinching second place in the medal standings at the Incheon Asian Games, wrapped up aquatics and athletics events on home soil without any gold. With a total of 100 gold medals up for grabs in swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and track and field events, the host country's biggest-ever delegation of 831 athletes failed to grab any Asiad gold, marking its first such drought since the 1978 Bangkok Asian Games. No South
[Asian Games] Incheon bids farewell to Asia as curtain falls

Oct 4, 2014

The curtain fell on the Incheon Asian Games on Saturday after 16 days of tough competition by participating athletes and friendships shared by billions of sports fans on the continent but with familiar results: China placed first, South Korea second and Japan third in the medal standings.Under the slogan of "Diversity Shines Here," more than 14,000 athletes and staff from 45 countries have competed for 439 gold medals in 36 sports. Fourteen new world records were rewritten here in archery, shoot
[Asian Games] Asian Games News Service wraps up successful coverage of 17th Asiad

Oct 4, 2014

The Korea Herald has provided the Asian Games News Service with over 7,000 media staff reporting the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. The service provided by the AGNS team varied from previews of each and every competition, reviews and results of each and every competition, press conferences, as well as the ever so important quotes from the athletes themselves.The AGNS team, most if not all, traveled to more than one venue on any given day. In order to provide live coverage of each match, the reporter
[Asian Games] China dominated, North Korea made splash at Asiad

Oct 4, 2014

The Asian Games wrapped up on Saturday with China dominating the gold-medal count and North Korea stealing the limelight.As the final events played out ahead of the closing ceremony, China had won 151 gold medals _ well ahead of the 79 won by host South Korea and the 47 golds that went to Japan. All told, 14 world records were set during the games, which brought together more than 9,500 athletes from 45 countries. More than 40 Asian records also fell.``These numbers show the development of sport
[Asian Games] Samsung MVP Award: 2014 MVP is Kosuke Hagino of Japan

Oct 4, 2014

The Samsung MVP Award Steering Committe announced the winner of the Samsung MVP Award at a press conference today. The award went to the Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino, who has won four gold medals from 200m and 400m individual medley, 200m freestyle, and 4x200m relay races. He also obtained one silver medal in the 400m freestyle, and two bronze medals in 100m and 200m backstroke races.By Kim Young-won (AGNS)
[Asian Games] Josiah Ng’s fight for his cycling dream

Oct 4, 2014

Josiah Ng is one of the best known professional cyclists in the world while being the forerunner to put Malaysia on the map as one of the best countries for professional cycling. Josiah Ng is a three-time Olympian since 2004, currently holds three gold medals from the Asian Championships, one gold and bronze medal from the Commonwealth Games, and has won a medal in every Asian Games he has participated in with three silvers and one bronze. Along with his medal wins, Josiah became the first Malay
[Asian Games] Japanese swimmer Hagino named Incheon Asiad MVP

Oct 4, 2014

Japanese swimming sensation Kosuke Hagino was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 17th Incheon Asian Games on Saturday. Among the shortlist of eight athletes, Hagino took the prize after having delivered four gold medals in the pool, in addition to one silver and two bronze."I did not expect this at all," Hagino said at a press conference. "I want to thank my family and my teammates."In Incheon, Hagino grabbed gold medals in the men's 200ｍindividual medley with an Asian record time, the
Rhythmic Gymnastics: South Korea's Son Yeon-jae crowned the Asian rhythmic gymnastics queen

Oct 4, 2014

A roaring applause broke out when the South Korean gymnastics "Tinker Bell" Son Yeon-jae stepped onto the highest place on the podium. Son responded with the same radiant smile that accompanied her performances earlier. Four years after her bronze medal in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, Son claimed an unquestionable gold with world-level performances in front of the crowd of 5,300 at the Namdong Gymnasium. Son entered Thursday's final round with the highest scores in all apparatuses from the q