Posts Tagged With: Olympics
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 »Lee Cheers Olympic Team with Upside Down Flag
» by GI Korea August 11th, 2008 at 9:26 am » Comments (10)
The bad press for Korean President Lee Myung-bak continues: President Lee Myung-bak fiercely waved the national flag to cheer up the Korean women’s handball squad during a match with Russia in ...more »Park Tae-hwan Wins First Olympic Swimming Gold Medal for Korea
» by GI Korea August 11th, 2008 at 8:04 am » Comments (21)
For anyone watching Korean television yesterday this is pretty much all that was on: It took less than four minutes for Korea's swimming sensation Park Tae-hwan to prove to the ...more »Choi Min-ho Wins Olympic Gold for South Korea in Judo
» by GI Korea August 10th, 2008 at 11:01 am » Comments (6)
Did anyone watch the men's Olympic judo competition yesterday? It was all over the Korean channels so it was hard to miss if you were watching Korean television yesterday. ...more »Charges Dropped Against Rioting Chinese Student
» by GI Korea May 3rd, 2008 at 6:50 am » Comments (12)
Well it looks like no charges will be brought against any Chinese students who rioted in the streets of Seoul during the Olympic torch relay: A Seoul court decided on Friday ...more »Are Chinese Riot Photos in Seoul Doctored?
» by GI Korea May 1st, 2008 at 6:49 am » Comments (30)
That is the claims coming from Chinese Internet users are claiming and from a comment left by Kalani on this prior ROK Drop posting he provides evidence that the Chinese ...more »Popular Posts
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