Posts Tagged With: Olympics

Son Yeon-jae Selected As One of the Top “Beauties” of the London Olympics

» by GI Korea February 4th, 2012 at 3:09 am » Comments (3)

Korean gymnast Son Yeon-jae has been chosen as one of the "beauties" of the upcoming Olympic Games: Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae has been named one of the 11 top beauties heading ...more »

Dr. Sammy Lee Featured As Part of Oral History Project

» by GI Korea October 24th, 2011 at 3:55 am » Comments (0)

Here is an article in the Orange Country Register about a oral history project being taken on by Cal State Fullerton that will include the accomplished Korean-American Dr. Sammy Lee: Dr. ...more »

Picture of the Day: Olympic Visit

» by GI Korea February 19th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (9)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="International Olympic Committee delegation members tour the ski jumping venue at Alpensia Resort in Pyeongchang, Gangwon, as part of their on-site facilities inspection yesterday morning. YONHAP"]"[/caption] more »

China Stripped of 2000 Olympic Gymnastics Medals, Why Not 2008?

» by GI Korea April 29th, 2010 at 4:11 am » Comments (39)

I find it interesting that the IOC strips China of its long gone and completed 2000 Olympic medals but does nothing about the fraud committed to win their 2008 medals: China ...more »

Kim Yu-na Ranked as the Top Earning Olympian

» by GI Korea February 11th, 2010 at 5:23 am » Comments (4)

Kim Yu-na shares the top earning athlete title for the upcoming Winter Olympics with American snowboarder Shaun White: Sharing that top honor is South Korea’s Kim Yu-Na, who is also making ...more »

Cuban Taekwondo Olympic Athlete Tossed for Kicking Referee in the Face

» by GI Korea August 24th, 2008 at 11:34 am » Comments (8)

This guy and his coach are quite the sore losers: A Cuban taekwondo athlete and his coach were banned for life after Angel Matos kicked the referee in the face following ...more »

South Korea Wins Baseball Olympic Gold

» by GI Korea August 24th, 2008 at 9:49 am » Comments (10)

If you haven't heard it already the Korean baseball team won the Gold Medal for baseball in last night's final game against Cuba: Campeones no more. There's a new champion in ...more »

Team USA Crushes South Korea in Women’s Basketball, Next Up Russia

» by GI Korea August 20th, 2008 at 10:51 am » Comments (8)

The American basketball team put a hurting on the South Korean women's basketball team: Russia beat Team USA the last time the teams played in the semifinals of a major tournament. ...more »

North Koreans Disqualified from Olympics for Failed Drug Tests

» by GI Korea August 18th, 2008 at 7:56 am » Comments (2)

A total of two North Korean pistol shooters have been disqualified from the Olympics due to failing drug tests. I can only imagine what will happen to these two and ...more »

Park Tae-hwan Finishes Second as Phelps Takes Gold

» by GI Korea August 12th, 2008 at 10:06 pm » Comments (11)

I don't think there will be all day Park Tae-hwan highlight shows on the Korean channels after he got crushed by American Michael Phelps today in the 200 meter freestyle: In ...more »