Despite the distractions prior to Seoul 88, the Olympics were a great success for the country. A great deal of preparation went into the Games, with infrastructure built that is still used today: a ...

Every day there are new names of well-known Ukrainian sportsmen who have taken up arms against Russian military intervention. The most recent is that of Alexander Volkov, who at the age of 57 ...

Almost exactly 100 years later, at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, 26-year-old Jackie ... In this week's episode of The Podium: An NBC Olympic and Paralympic podcast, titled "Standing Since '88," host Zora ...

As the United States and other Western nations boycotted Moscow 1980 in protest of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the Seoul ‘88 Games reunited the entire Olympic Movement. "I was still ...

and making them aware of the conscious national drive to create a developed country in the eyes of the western world in time for the Seoul 88 Olympics. This last aspect is brought to life brillian ...

When it was decided that the 88 Olympics would be held in Seoul, the residents of Sanggye-dong were forced from their homes and they struggled against the government to at least guarantee them new ...

Aiko Saito, former Olympic 470 and Europe class sailor and now coach, volunteer and much-loved World Sailing and Japanese ...

He was on track to compete at the 1988 Seoul Olympics but injuries forced ... I dropped out of college to train full time for the ‘88 Olympics. But because I got hurt, it was finished.

Korean dance guru Lee Mae-bang died of a sudden illness stemming from old age at a hospital in Gangnam, southern Seoul, ...

Until then, she will continue with Anthony Nesty, her coach and the first black swimmer to win gold in the Olympic pool, in ...

The LGBTQIA+ community will be a focal point during the Paris Olympics, which officially kick off with Friday’s opening ceremony. “This will be the gayest Olympics ever,” said Cyd Zeigler, a ...

The United States crossed 0.43 later for silver, followed by Great Britain for bronze in 41.88. Thompson ... at the London 2012 Olympics. No woman had completed the triple in the sprints since ...