South Korea celebrated snowboarding sensation Choi Gaon as a "miracle girl" and history-maker on Friday after soaring to the country's first Olympic gold in the sport. Choi is the first athlete from South Korea to win an Olympic gold medal in snow sports and it was also the nation's first gold at the 2026 Winter Games.

Milan is nice, but I miss Korea so much. I’m leaving tomorrow evening, and I can’t wait to go back and eat the meal my grandmother made.” She was the picture of a typical teenage girl. Choi Ga-on, 18,

Kim Gilli won Olympic gold in the women's 1,500 meters and ended Minjeong Choi's bid for a third straight title.

A Buddhist monk has drawn international attention after South Korea won landmark Olympic snowboard medals, capping decades of his support for young athletes in a sport long unpopular at home. Snowboarding has long failed to gain popularity in South Korea,

Korea's Gaon Choi, 17, rebounded from a hard fall to win gold — and end her role model's historic bid for three in a row in the Winter Olympic halfpipe.

Canada’s team, which also includes Sarah Wilkes, Emma Miskew and Tracy Fleury, beat Eunji Gim’s South Korea rink 10-7 on the final day of round-robin play to book a spot in Friday’s semi-finals.

MILAN (AP) — Athletes at the Milan Cortina Winter Games elected a South Korean bobsled pilot and an Estonian biathlete on Thursday to represent them at the International Olympic Committee. The eight-year terms for Yunjong Won and Johanna Talihärm will include voting with IOC members to pick a host for the 2036 Summer Games.

South Korea's Kim Gil-li won the women's 1,500 metres short track speed skating final at the Winter Olympics on Friday, while Italian Arianna Fontana missed out on what would have been a record-equalling medal.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — One of the more frightening falls over 14 days of snowboarding at the Milan Cortina Olympics involved one of the sport's newest champions. Gaon Choi slammed hard on the deck of the halfpipe in her first run — her knees buckling before she skidded limply to the bottom.

Olympic women's curling team advanced to the playoffs after a 10-7 win over South Korea on Thursday at the Milano Cortina Winter Games.